Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a child with cystic fibrosis: Acquisition in the western hemisphere

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Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 239-242

  O'Sullivan, Brian P ^a   Torres, Brenda ^b   Conidi, Giuseppe ^c   Smole, Sandra ^c   Gauthier, Cheryl ^c   Stauffer, Kendra E ^d   Glass, Mindy B ^e   Gee, Jay E ^e   Blaney, David ^e   Smith, Theresa L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARUBA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COUGHING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960402465     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-3336     Document Type: Article

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