Epidemiology and investigation of melioidosis, southern Arizona

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1286-1288

  Stewart, Tasha ^a   Engelthaler, David M ^b   Blaney, David D ^c   Tuanyok, Apichai ^d   Wangsness, Eric ^a   Smith, Theresa L ^c   Pearson, Talima ^c   Komatsu, Kenneth K ^a   Keim, Paul ^b,c   Currie, Bart J ^e   Levy, Craig ^a   Sunenshine, Rebecca ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; REHABILITATION CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; ARIZONA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; OBESITY; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 79959889214     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.100661     Document Type: Article

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