Paediatric melioidosis with septic shock in a previously-well child

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kandasamy, Y ^a,c   Somasundaram, P ^b  

^a Temerloh Hospital Kuantan   (Malaysia)

^b Sentosa Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Septic shock; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOPENIA; MELIOIDOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTIC SHOCK; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CHILD; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 34247886169     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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