The clinical profile and predictors of mortality in patients with melioidosis in South India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-38

  Chrispal, Anugrah ^a   Rajan, Sudha Jasmine ^a   Sathyendra, Sowmya ^b  

^a Department of Medicine Unit 2 ^*  (United States)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

PROTEA;

EID: 75449116352     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.090093     Document Type: Article

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