Atypical Infections in Tsunami Survivors
Open Access
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 11 (10) , 1591-1593
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1110.050715
Abstract
After a tsunami hit Asia in December 2004, 2 survivors had severe infections due to multidrug-resistant and atypical bacteria and rare fungi weeks afterwards. Treating these infections is challenging from a clinical and microbiologic point of view.Keywords
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