Melioidosis: A review

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Foong, Y C ^a   Tan, M ^a   Bradbury, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burkholderia; Melioidosis; Pseudomallei; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AUSTRALIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELIOIDOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84921315770     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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