Journal article
Treatment and prophylaxis of melioidosis
- Abstract:
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Melioidosis, infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei, is being recognised with increasing frequency and is probably more common than currently appreciated. Treatment recommendations are based on a series of clinical trials conducted in Thailand over the past 25 years. Treatment is usually divided into two phases: in the first, or acute phase, parenteral drugs are given for =10 days with the aim of preventing death from overwhelming sepsis; in the second, or eradication phase, oral drugs are ...
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Journal:
- International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
- Volume:
- 43
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 310-318
- Publication date:
- 2014-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1872-7913
- ISSN:
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0924-8579
- Source identifiers:
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464281
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:464281
- Deposit date:
- 2014-06-17
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- 2014
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