Diagnosis of chronic brucellar meningitis and meningoencephalitis: The results of the Istanbul-2 study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Erdem, H ^a   Kilic, S ^b   Sener, B ^c   Acikel, C ^d   Alp, E ^e   Karahocagil, M ^f   Yetkin, F ^g   Inan, A ^h   Kecik Bosnak, V ⁱ   Gul, H C ^d   Tekin Koruk, S ^j   Ceran, N ^h   Demirdal, T ^k   Yilmaz, G ^l   Ulu Kilic, A ^e   Ceylan, B ^m   Dogan Celik, A ⁿ   Nayman Alpat, S ^o   Tekin, R ^p   Yalci, A ^q   Turhan, V ^a   Karaoglan, I ⁱ   Yilmaz, H ^r   Mete, B ^s   Batirel, A ^t   Ulcay, A ^a   Dayan, S ^p   Seza Inal, A ^u   Ahmed, S S ^e   Tufan, Z K ^v   Karakas, A ^d   Teker, B ^w   Namiduru, M ⁱ   Savasci, U ^x   Pappas, G ^y,z   more..

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^e ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

ⁱ GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^o ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^p DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^q ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^r ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^s ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^t DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^u CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^v ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^w Private Women's Hospital   (Turkey)

^x Sarikamis Army District Hospital Turkey   (Turkey)

^y Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina   (Greece)

^z International Society of Chemotherapy   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Chronic; Diagnosis; Meningitis; Meningoencephalitis; Neurobrucellosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; ROSE BENGAL; SODIUM;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC BRUCELLAR MENINGITIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84873526291     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12092     Document Type: Article

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