Increasing incidence of human melioidosis in Northeast Thailand.

Melioidosis is a serious community-acquired infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. A prospective cohort study identified 2,243 patients admitted to Sappasithiprasong Hospital in northeast Thailand with culture-confirmed melioidosis between 1...

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Main Authors: Limmathurotsakul, D, Wongratanacheewin, S, Teerawattanasook, N, Wongsuvan, G, Chaisuksant, S, Chetchotisakd, P, Chaowagul, W, Day, N, Peacock, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010