Neonatal meningitis and septicaemia caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-164

  Halder, Dinesh ^a,b   Zainal, Nik ^a   Wah, Chua May ^a   Haq, J Ashraful ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Rostaq Hospital   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; SEPTICEMIA; SHOCK; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031779493     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747943     Document Type: Article

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