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Examination of the independent contribution of rheumatic heart disease and congestive cardiac failure to the development and outcome of melioidosis in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia

BACKGROUND: Patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and congestive cardiac failure (CCF) are believed to have an increased risk of melioidosis and are thought to be more likely to die from the infection. This study was performed to confirm these findings in a region with a high incidence of all...

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Autores principales: Davies, Phoebe, Smith, Simon, Wilcox, Rob, Stewart, James D., Davis, Tania J., McKenna, Kylie, Hanson, Josh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9292120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35849581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010604