Acute respiratory failure in melioidosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 117-121

  Puthucheary, S D ^a   Vadivelu, J ^a   Wong, K T ^b   Ong, G S Y ^b  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory syndrome; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035290847     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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