'Imported' melioidosis in Germany: relapse after 10 years

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Frangoulidis, D ^a   Schwab, D ^b   Scholz, H ^a   Tomaso, H ^a,c   Hogardt, M ^d   Meyer, H ^a   Splettstoesser, W D ^a   Pohle, F K ^b  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Hospital Martha Maria   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Defence   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscess; Diabetes mellitus; Genotyping; Germany; Melioidosis; Relapse

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEROPENEM;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MELIOIDOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOMONAS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 58049140271     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(08)70011-7     Document Type: Article

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