The humoral immune response in melioidosis patients during therapy

Infection

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-30

  Vasu, C ^a   Vadivelu, J ^b   Puthucheary, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MELIOIDOSIS;

EID: 0037263536     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-002-3020-2     Document Type: Article

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