Clinical features and epidemiology of melioidosis pneumonia: Results from a 21-year study and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 362-369

  Meumann, Ella M ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^b,c,d   Ward, Linda ^b   Currie, Bart J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MONOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTIC SHOCK; SMOKING;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MELIOIDOSIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84855898459     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir808     Document Type: Article

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