Emerging clinico-epidemiological trends in melioidosis: Analysis of 95 cases from western coastal India

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Vidyalakshmi, K ^a   Lipika, S ^b   Vishal, S ^c   Damodar, S ^a   Chakrapani, M ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Dental abscess; Epidemiology; Melioidosis; Musculoskeletal melioidosis; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RAIN; SURFACE WATER; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; SOIL; SPONDYLITIS; TOOTH ABSCESS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862537088     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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