Melioidosis: An under-diagnosed entity in western coastal India: A clinico-microbiological analysis

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-248

  Vidyalakshmi, K ^a   Shrikala, B ^a   Bharathi, B ^a   Suchitra, U ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Diabetes mellitus; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PERICARDIUM; PERITONEUM; PUS; SPUTUM; SYNOVIUM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE;

EID: 34848821996     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.34767     Document Type: Article

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