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Original Article

A long-term survey of brucellosis: Is there any marker to predict the complicated cases?

Bircan KayaaslanDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey; Correspondence[email protected]
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Aliye BastugDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey;
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Emsal AydinDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kafkas University, Faculty of Medicine, Kars, Turkey
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Esragul AkinciDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey;
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Ayse ButDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey;
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Halide AslanerDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey;
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Meltem Arzu YetkinDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey;
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Hurrem BodurDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey;
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Pages 215-221 | Received 29 Mar 2015, Accepted 28 Sep 2015, Published online: 15 Nov 2015

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