Spectrum of imaging findings in melioidosis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 978, 2009, Pages 514-521

  Muttarak, M ^a   Peh, Wilfred C G ^b,c   Euathrongchit, J ^a   Lin, S E ^c   Tan, A G S ^c   Lerttumnongtum, P ^a   Sivasomboon, C ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Changi Hospital   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG NODULE; MELIOIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPLEEN ABSCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66749096172     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/15785231     Document Type: Article

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