Six cases of suppurative lymphadenitis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 798-801

  Chlebicki, Maciej Piotr ^a   Tan, Ban Hock ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Lymph nodes; Lymphadenitis; Melioidosis; Pseudomonas pseudomallei; Singapore

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MELIOIDOSIS; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; SINGAPORE;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 33745002744     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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