Melioidotic osteomyelitis in Northern Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 692-695

  Popoff, Ivan ^a,b   Nagamori, Jun ^a   Currie, Bart ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Osteomyelitis; Pseudomonas pseudomallei

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ROLITETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0030862896     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb07111.x     Document Type: Article

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