A case of melioidosis probably acquired by inhalation of dusts during a helicopter flight in a healthy traveler returning from singapore

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-60

  Amadasi, Silvia ^a   Dal Zoppo, Sarah ^a   Bonomini, Annalisa ^b   Bussi, Anna ^b   Pedroni, Palmino ^b   Balestrieri, Gianpaolo ^b   Signorini, Liana ^a   Castelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Manerbio   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DUST; THIENAMYCIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUST; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELICOPTER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INHALATION; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MYALGIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; TRAVEL; AIRCRAFT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DUST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; SINGAPORE; THIENAMYCINS; TRAVEL; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 84929628650     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12150     Document Type: Article

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