Melioidosis, phnom penh, Cambodia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1289-1292

  Vlieghe, Erika ^a   Kruy, Lim ^b   de Smet, Birgit ^a   Kham, Chun ^b   Veng, Chhun Heng ^b   Phe, Thong ^b   Koole, Olivier ^a   Thai, Sopheak ^b   Lynen, Lut ^a   Jacobs, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Sihanouk Hospital Centre of Hope (SHCH)   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CAMBODIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RAINY SEASON; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CAMBODIA; CARBAPENEMS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 79959861866     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.101069     Document Type: Article

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