Acute septic course of mellioidosis (Pseud. pseudomallei infection) after a visit to Thailand;Akute septische Verlaufsform einer Melioidose nach Thailandaufenthalt

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 122-126

  Koch, F W ^a   Zoller M ^a   Pankow, W ^a   Kohl, F V ^a   Kuchler R ^a  

^a VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 0031051292     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1047585     Document Type: Article

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