Osteomyelitis of parietal bone in melioidosis [2]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1257-1259

  Miksić, Nina G ^a   Alikadić, Nadja ^b   Lejko, Tatjana Z ^b   Andlovic, Alenka ^c   Knific, Jernej ^b   Tomažič, Janez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKULL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 34548443389     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1308.070479     Document Type: Letter

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