Melioidosis

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 76-79

  Beeker, A ^a   Van De Stadt, K D ^a   Bakker, K ^a  

^a Spaarne Ziekenh Heemstede H ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burkholdria pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Pseudomonas pseudomallei

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033007524     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(98)00129-6     Document Type: Article

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