Fatal acute melioidosis in a tourist returning from martinique island, november 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Getaz L ^a   Abbas, M ^a   Loutan, L ^a   Schrenzel, J ^a   Iten, A ^a   Simon, F ^b   Decosterd, A ^a   Studer, R ^a   Sudre, P ^c   Michel, Y ^a   Merlani, P ^a   Emonet, S ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^c economy and health   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABSCESS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSURIA; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MARTINIQUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELIOIDOSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYURIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOURISM; TYPHOID FEVER; X RAY;

EID: 78951484347     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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