Septicaemic melioidosis: A review of 50 cases from Malaysia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 683-685

  Puthucheary, S D ^a   Parasakthi, N ^a   Lee, M K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SKIN DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0027081657     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(92)90191-E     Document Type: Review

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