Pulmonary melioidosis in a German Southeast Asia tourist: History and clinical findings;Pulmonale melioidose bei einem deutschen Sudostasientouristen

Pneumologie

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 499-502

  Riecke, K ^a   Wagner, S ^b   Eller, J ^a   Lode, H ^a   Schaberg, T ^a,c  

^a Pneumologie I   (Germany)

^b Lungenklinik Heckeshorn   (Germany)

^c Lungenklinik Heckeshorn   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS MUCUS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; COUGHING; FEVER; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; RELAPSE; SOIL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; THAILAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0030913718     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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