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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Imported melioidosis in Danish travellers: A diagnostic challenge

Shadia Badran Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen
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Thomas Ingemann Pedersen Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød
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Casper Roed Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
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Suzanne Lunding Department of Lung and Infectious Medicine, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød
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Nina Birk Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre
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Hanne Vestergaard Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre
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Bent Røder Department of Clinical Microbiology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse
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Henriette Kær Lillelund Department of Clinical Microbiology, Herning Hospital, Herning
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Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals Centre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital/Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Michael Kemp Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen
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Jens Jørgen Christensen Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, CopenhagenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 445-449 | Received 14 Nov 2009, Accepted 21 Dec 2009, Published online: 18 Mar 2010

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