Fatal consequences of freshwater pearl diving

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9861, 2013, Pages 176-

  Phu, Nguyen Hoan ^a   Mai, Nguyen Thi Hoang ^a   Nghia, Ho Dang Trung ^a   Chau, Tran Thi Hong ^a   Loc, Pham Phu ^a   Thai, Le Hong ^a   Phuong, Tran My ^a   Thai, Cao Quang ^a   Man, Dinh Nguyen Huy ^a   Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh ^a   Nga, Tran Vu Thieu ^b   Campbell, James ^b,c   Baker, Stephen ^b,c   Whitehorn, James ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b The Hospital for Tropical Diseases   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FRESH WATER; PARACETAMOL; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 18S;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIVING; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84872087213     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61730-9     Document Type: Article

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