Melioidosis, the mimicker of maladies

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Jacob, T John ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVOLUTION; FATALITY; FEVER; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INHALATION; LIVER ABSCESS; LYMPHADENITIS; MELIOIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN ABSCESS; SPLEEN ABSCESS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIA; MELIOIDOSIS;

EID: 1842866254     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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