Sulphonylurea Usage in Melioidosis Is Associated with Severe Disease and Suppressed Immune Response

Xiang Liu; Geraldine Foo; Wan Peng Lim; Sharada Ravikumar; Siew Hoon Sim; Mar Soe Win; Jessamine Geraldine Goh; Joan Hui Juan Lim; Ying Hui Ng; Dale Fisher; Chin Meng Khoo; Gladys Tan; Louis Yi Ann Chai

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002795

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Sulphonylurea Usage in Melioidosis Is Associated with Severe Disease and Suppressed Immune Response

Xiang Liu,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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Geraldine Foo,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, National University Hospital, Singapore
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Wan Peng Lim,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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Sharada Ravikumar,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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Siew Hoon Sim,

Affiliation Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore
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Mar Soe Win,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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Jessamine Geraldine Goh,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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Joan Hui Juan Lim,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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Ying Hui Ng,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, National University Hospital, Singapore
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Dale Fisher,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Chin Meng Khoo,

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Division of Endocrinology, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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Gladys Tan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Gladys Tan, Louis Yi Ann Chai

Affiliation Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore
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Louis Yi Ann Chai

Contributed equally to this work with: Gladys Tan, Louis Yi Ann Chai

* E-mail: chailouis@hotmail.com

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore
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Sulphonylurea Usage in Melioidosis Is Associated with Severe Disease and Suppressed Immune Response

Xiang Liu,
Geraldine Foo,
Wan Peng Lim,
Sharada Ravikumar,
Siew Hoon Sim,
Mar Soe Win,
Jessamine Geraldine Goh,
Joan Hui Juan Lim,
Ying Hui Ng,
Dale Fisher

Published: April 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002795

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