Melioidosis in Pahang, Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 606-613

  How, Soon Hin ^a   Ng, K H ^b   Jamalludin, A R ^a   Shah, A ^a   Rathor, Y ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL TENGKU AMPUAN AFZAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adult; Burkhoderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA; SEPTICEMIA; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645637507     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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