Melioidosis: The Johor Bahru experience

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 599-605

  Pagalavan, Letchumanan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Diabetes Mellitus; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELIOIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEAR DROWNING; PUS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645633708     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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