Clinical guideline for diagnosis and management of melioidosis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-4

  Inglis, Timothy J J ^a   Rolim, Dionne B ^b   Rodriguez, Jorge L N ^c  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b Hospital São José for Infectious Diseases   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Clinical guideline; Diagnosis; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645030792     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652006000100001     Document Type: Review

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