Brain abscesses caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei

Journal of Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-337

  Padiglione, A ^a   Ferris, N ^a   Fuller, A ^a   Spelman, D ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN STEM; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOUTH ASIA; TRAVEL; TROPICS;

EID: 0031841380     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(98)94639-4     Document Type: Article

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