Pseudomonas pseudomallei infection from drowning: the first reported case in Taiwan
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Pseudomonas pseudomallei infection from drowning: the first reported case in Taiwan.
We report a case of Pseudomonas pseudomallei infection, in which the patient acquired the bacteria by aspiration of river water after a drowning incident near Manila, the Philippines. The pulmonary form of melioidosis was noted at the onset, but septicemia developed at a later stage. Positive blood cultures were obtained 17 days after the accident. The patient was treated successfully with a co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.22.3.352-354.1985