Mycobacterium ulcerans treatment costs, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1038-1043

  Drummond, Christina ^a   Butler, James R G ^b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; SKIN ULCER; TRAVEL;

EID: 2542541427     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1006.030428     Document Type: Article

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