Prospective observational study of the frequency and features of intra-abdominal abscesses in patients with melioidosis in northeast Thailand

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 629-631

  Maude, Rapeephan R ^a   Vatcharapreechasakul, Teerapon ^b   Ariyaprasert, Pitchayanant ^a   Maude, Richard J ^a,c   Hongsuwan, Maliwan ^a   Yuentrakul, Prayoon ^a   Limmathurotsakul, Direk ^a   Koh, Gavin C K W ^d   Chaowagul, Wipada ^b   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,c   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,d,e  

^a MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b Sappasitthiprasong Hospital   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Abscess; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Liver; Melioidosis; Spleen; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN ABSCESS; THAILAND;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENIC DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; THAILAND;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 84866001481     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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