Tuberculosis mimicked by Melioidosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1209-1215

  Vidyalakshmi, K ^a   Chakrapani, M ^a   Shrikala, B ^a   Damodar, S ^a   Lipika, S ^a   Vishal, S ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudotnallei; Diabetes mellitus; ESR; Melioidosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELIOIDOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PAROTID GLAND ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN ABSCESS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 53549120934     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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