The neuropathology of melioidosis: Two cases and a review of the literature

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 195-203

  Koszyca, B ^a   Currie, B J ^b   Blumbergs, P C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Encephalitis; Immunohistochemistry; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4544377853     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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