Case report: Melioidosis imported from West Africa to Europe

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 282-284

  Cuadros, Juan ^a   Gil, Horacio ^b   De Miguel, Julio ^a   Marabé, Graciela ^a   Arroyo, Teresa ^a   Gómez Herruz, Peña ^a   Lobo, Bruno ^b   Marcos, Ruth ^a   Anda, Pedro ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYOMYOSITIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

EID: 80051486184     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0207     Document Type: Article

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