Melioidosis in a european traveler without comorbidities: A case report and literature review

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Subran, Benjamin ^a   Ackermann, Felix ^a   Watin Augouard, Luc ^b   Rammaert, Blandine ^c   Rivoisy, Claire ^a   Vilain, Didier ^a   Canzi, Anne Marie ^b   Kahn, Jean Emmanuel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Institut Hospitalier Franco Britannique   (France)

^c Service des Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

Author keywords

Melioidosis; Osteomyelitis; PET CT; Pulmonary abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EUROPE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELIOIDOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; SHOULDER PAIN; TRAVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

MELIOIDOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PET-CT; PULMONARY ABSCESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CAMBODIA; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881548837     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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