Endemic melioidosis in tropical northern Australia: A 10-year prospective study and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 981-986

  Currie, Bart J ^a   Fisher, Dale A ^a   Howard, Diane M ^a   Burrow, James N C ^a   Lo, David ^a   Selva Nayagam, Sid ^a   Anstey, Nicholas M ^a   Huffam, Sarah E ^a   Snelling, Paul L ^a   Marks, Paul J ^a   Stephens, Diane P ^a   Lum, Gary D ^a   Jacups, Susan P ^a   Krause, Vicki L ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0034451685     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318116     Document Type: Article

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