Two fatal cases of melioidosis on the Thai-Myanmar border

F1000Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Nosten, François ^a,b   Chu, Cindy S ^a,b   Winearls, Stuart ^a   Ling, Clare ^a,b   Torchinsky, Miriam Beer ^c   Phyo, Aung Phae ^a   Haohankunnathum, Warat ^a   Turner, Paul ^b,d   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^e  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Angkor Hospital for Children   (Cambodia)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FUROSEMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DISEASE DURATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; THAILAND; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84913540638     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.3-4.v2     Document Type: Article

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