Brucellosis in Qatar: A retrospective cohort study

Qatar Medical Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rahil, Ali Ibrahim ^a   Othman, Muftah ^a   Ibrahim, Walid ^a   Mohamed, Mohamed Yahya ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Malta fever; Middle east; Qatar

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MILK; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84907842553     PISSN: 02538253     EISSN: 22270426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5339/qmj.2014.4     Document Type: Article

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