Sporadic and outbreak cases of melioidosis in Southern Taiwan: Clinical features and antimicrobial susceptibility

Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Shih, H I ^a   Chuang, Y C ^b   Cheung, B M H ^c   Yan, J J ^a,d   Chang, C M ^a   Chang, K ^c,e   Lee, N Y ^a   Lee, H C ^a,d   Wu, C J ^a   Chen, P L ^a   Lee, C C ^a   Wang, L R ^a   Ko, N Y ^a,d   Ko, W C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c TAINAN MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOCK; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLIMATE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62449181171     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-008-7324-8     Document Type: Article

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