Clinical presentation of melioidosis in Queensland, Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 856-860

  Malczewski, Agnieszka B ^a   Oman, Kimberly M ^a   Norton, Robert E ^b   Ketheesan, Natkunam ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Clinical presentation; Epidemiology; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PERITONITIS; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 24344463420     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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