Melioidosis in a returned traveller

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 225-226

  Chagla, Zain ^a   Aleksova, Natasha ^a   Quirt, Jaclyn ^a   Emery, Joel ^a   Kraeker, Christian ^a   Haider, Shariq ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laboratory safety; Melioidosis; Travel medicine; Tropical medicine

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CANADA; CANADIAN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT ASPIRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN READING FRAME; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT FEVER; SKIN TEST; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84910598467     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: 19181493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/158323     Document Type: Article

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