Cases of melioidosis in a university teaching hospital in Malaysia

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-179

  Raja, Nadeem Sajjad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Malaysia; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48649099573     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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