Isolation rates of Burkholderia pseudomallei among the four regions in Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-113

  Leelarasamee, Amorn ^a   Trakulsomboon, Suwanna ^a   Kusum, Mayura ^b   Dejsirilert, Surang ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THAILAND;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELIOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THAILAND;

EID: 0031085173     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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