Melioidosis: An imported case from Madagascar

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 318-320

  Borgherini, Gianandrea ^a   Poubeau, Patrice ^a   Paganin, Fabrice ^a   Picot, Sandrine ^a   Michault, Alain ^a   Thibault, François ^b   Berod, Claude Arvin ^a  

^a Groupe Hospitalier Sud Reunion   (Reunion)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33748929505     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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