Burkholderia pseudomallei meningitis following inadequate treatment of melioidotic mycotic aneurysm

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Chlebicki, Maciej Piotr ^a   Kurup, A ^a   Sin, Y K ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aortic graft infection; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Melioidotic meningitis; Meningitis; Mycotic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PLEURA EFFUSION; RELAPSE; STENT; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54349106394     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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