Variable presentation of neurological melioidosis in northeast Thailand

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-120

  Limmathurotsakul, Direk ^a   Chaowagul, Wipada ^b   Wongsrikaew, Prawatwong ^b   Narmwong, Arhtitpong ^b   Day, Nicholas P ^c   Peacock, Sharon J ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Sappasitthiprasong Hospital   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NEUROLOGICAL MELIOIDOSIS; NEUROLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; THAILAND; TREATMENT DURATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CEFTAZIDIME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; THAILAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548732375     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.118     Document Type: Article

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