Pahang melioidosis registry

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-30

  How, Soon Hin ^a   Ng, T H ^a   Jamalludin, A R ^a   Tee, H P ^b   Kuan, Y C ^b   Alex, F ^b   Aminudin, C A ^a   Sapari, S ^b   Quazi, M H ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL TENGKU AMPUAN AFZAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Mortality; Registry

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHINESE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MELIOIDOSIS; REGISTER; RELAPSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 70449717427     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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