Speed of detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei in blood cultures and its correlation with the clinical outcome

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 96-99

  Tiangpitayakorn, Comnate ^a   Songsivilai, Sirirurg ^b   Piyasangthong, Nuanchan ^a   Dharakul, Tararaj ^b  

^a KHON KAEN HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELIOIDOSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030740130     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.96     Document Type: Article

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