Treatment costs of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the antibiotic era

International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-127

  Pak, Jason ^a   O'Brien, Daniel P ^a,b   Quek, Tricia ^a   Athan, Eugene ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Australia; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Retrospective study; Treatment costs

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON;

EID: 84861692988     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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