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A traveller presenting with severe melioidosis complicated by a pericardial effusion: a case report

BACKGROUND: Burkholderia pseudomallei, the etiologic agent of melioidosis, is endemic to tropic regions, mainly in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Melioidosis occurs only sporadically in travellers returning from disease-endemic areas. Severe clinical disease is seen mostly in patients with a...

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Autores principales: Schultze, Detlev, Müller, Brigitt, Bruderer, Thomas, Dollenmaier, Günter, Riehm, Julia M, Boggian, Katia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3532095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23035948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-242

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