A case of imported melioidosis presenting as prostatitis

Infection

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-62

  Heyse, A M ^a   Dierick, J ^a   Vanhouteghem, H ^a   Ameye, F ^a   Baert, D ^a   Burvenich, P ^a   Wauters, G ^b  

^a AZ Maria Middelares St Jozef ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; PROSTATITIS; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRAVEL; VIET NAM;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CEFTAZIDIME; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; PROSTATITIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 12244304870     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-002-2112-3     Document Type: Article

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