Neonatal melioidosis: A case report from India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-263

  Noyal, M ^a   Harish, B N ^a   Bhat, V ^a   Parija, S C ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Neonatal melioidosis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOPAMINE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; POLYMYXIN B; SURFACTANT; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INDIA; MELIOIDOSIS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 67749108615     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.53213     Document Type: Article

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