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Legionella pneumophila is a gram-negative microorganism that causes a severe pneumonia known as "legionnaires disease." Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) transduces the lipopolysaccharide signal and is therefore considered to play a role in host defense against gram-negative bacterial infection. To...
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Presents a case report involving the use of doxycycline and rifampicin for prophylaxis of laboratory-acquired brucellosis. With reference to a study conducted by M. W. Maley, K. Kociuba and R. C. Chan, published in the February 2006 issue of "Clinical Infectious Diseases"; Occurrence of various...
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- EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTS OF BRUCELLOSIS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA. D., Donev; Z., Karadzovski; B., Kasapinov; V., Lazarevik // Contributions of Macedonian Academy of Sciences & Arts;2010, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p33
Aim. To analyze and present epidemiological patterns of human brucellosis cases and the main factors for the appearance and spread of B. melitensis infection among animals and humans in R. Macedonia in the period from 1980 to 2009. Methods: Retrospective study based on the epidemiological...
