Melioidosis in a traveller from Thailand: Case report

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 404-407

  Maccanti, O ^a   Pardelli, R ^a   Tonziello, A ^a   Gracci, G ^a   Vivaldi, I ^a   Bolognesi, L ^a   Pantini, C ^a   Sani, S ^a  

^a Livorno Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceftazidime; Doxycycline; Melioidosis; Moxifloxacin; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; REMISSION; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 3943095907     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2004.16.4.404     Document Type: Article

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