Clinical manifestations and laboratory findings of 496 children with brucellosis in Van, Turkey


Parlak M., AKBAYRAM S., Dogan M., Tuncer O., Bayram Y., CEYLAN N., ...Daha Fazla

PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL, cilt.57, sa.4, ss.586-589, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 57 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/ped.12598
  • Dergi Adı: PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.586-589
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: brucellosis, children, clinical manifestation, laboratory finding, Turkey, MEAN PLATELET VOLUME, CHILDHOOD BRUCELLOSIS, COMPLICATIONS
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

BackgroundBrucellosis is the most common zoonotic disease worldwide and remains an important human disease especially in developing countries. The aim of the present study was to evaluate clinical manifestations and laboratory findings of childhood brucellosis in Van province of Eastern Turkey. To our knowledge, this is the largest series of childhood brucellosis reported in the literature.