Melioidosis Splenic Abscess - An Unusual Presentation as Osteomyelitis of Rib

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-50

  Tan, Y Y ^a   Agasthian, T ^b   Low, C H ^b   Ang, B S P ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Splenectomy; Suppurative granulomas

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; AGED; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OSTEOMYELITIS; RIB; SINGAPORE; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RIBS; SINGAPORE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035234368     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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