Brucella arteritis: Clinical manifestations, treatment, and prognosis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 520-526

  Herrick, Jesica A ^a   Lederman, Robert J ^b   Sullivan, Brigit ^c   Powers, John H ^a,d   Palmore, Tara N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; AORTA SURGERY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDARTERITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ULCER;

ABATTOIRS; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC DISEASES; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DOXYCYCLINE; ECUADOR; ENDARTERITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; RIFAMPIN; ULCER;

EID: 84901056744     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70270-6     Document Type: Review

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