Fatal septicemic melioidosis in a young military person possibly co-infected with Leptospira interrogans and Orientia tsutsugamushi

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 173-178

  Lu, Po Liang ^a   Tseng, Shu Hui ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Melioidosis; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; FATALITY; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PNEUMONIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; SOLDIER; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 18744366115     PISSN: 02575655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70297-9     Document Type: Article

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