Relapsing neurological melioidosis from the top end of the Northern Territory

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-220

  Maguire, G P ^a,d   Flavell, H D ^b,c   Burrow, J N C ^a   Currie, B J ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases Registrar

^b Rehabilitation Physician ^*

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031966952     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb02978.x     Document Type: Article

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