Paediatric melioidosis in the Northern Territory of Australia: An expanding clinical spectrum

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 337-341

  Edmond, K M ^a   Bauert, P ^a   Currie, B J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Paediatric melioidosis

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 0034887859     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2001.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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