Clinical characteristics and outcomes of bacteraemic melioidosis in a teaching hospital in a northeastern state of Malaysia: A five-year review

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 430-435

  Deris, Zakuan Zainy ^a   Hasan, Habsah ^b   Suraiya, Mohd Noor Siti ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Malaysia; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS;

EID: 77955615607     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.491     Document Type: Review

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