Melioidosis: A potentially life threatening infection

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 386-394

  How, Soon Hin ^a   Liam, C K ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Management; Melioidosis; Review

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULPERAZON; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS;

EID: 33751556658     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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