Clinical utility of a quantitative Rose Bengal slide agglutination test in the diagnosis of human brucellosis in an endemic region

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 533-541

  Mantur, Basappa G ^a   Amarnath, Satish K ^b   Patil, Giridhar A ^a   Desai, Arun S ^a  

^a Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^b Manipal Cure and Care   (India)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Quantitative RBST; SAT. 2ME

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSE BENGAL SLIDE AGGLUTINATION TEST; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSE BENGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898861638     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2013.121120     Document Type: Article

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