Melioidosis after brief exposure: A serologic survey in US marines

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-184

  Kronmann, Karl C ^a   Truett, April A ^a   Hale, Braden R ^a   Crum Cianflone, Nancy F ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXPOSURE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; SAILOR; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; BONE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SOLDIER;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FEMUR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OSTEOMYELITIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649098329     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.182     Document Type: Article

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