Epidemiological surveillance of melioidosis in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 478-484

  Heng, B H ^a,g   Goh, K T ^b,c   Yap, E H ^d   Loh, H ^e   Yeo, M ^f  

^a Quarantine and Epidemiol Department

^b Inst of Environmental Epidemiology

^c Quarantine Epidemiol Dept Min E

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e PNM   (United States)

^f SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g Environment Building 22 00   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibiotic sensitivity; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Cutaneous abscess; Septicaemia; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; SEPTICEMIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; SKIN ABSCESS;

EID: 0031694253     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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