Neurological melioidosis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 145-151

  Currie, Bart J ^a   Fisher, Dale A ^a   Howard, Diane M ^a   Burrow, James N C ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abscess; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Encephalitis; Melioidosis; Polyneuritis

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARALYSIS; PLEOCYTOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033971424     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00064-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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