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Cutaneous Melioidosis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Melioidosis is an emerging infection in India. It usually presents as pneumonia. Melioidosis presenting as cutaneous lesions is uncommon. We present a case of cutaneous melioidosis from Southern India.
Basavaprabhu Achappa, Deepak Madi, K. Vidyalakshmi   +2 more
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Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study of <i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i> Seroreactivity Among Febrile Patients in Northernmost Vietnam: Near-Neighbor Bloodstream Isolates, Environmental Correlates, and Spatial Clustering. [PDF]

Geohealth
Abstract Melioidosis is a potentially fatal tropical disease caused by the environmentally mediated bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. In Vietnam, melioidosis is not nationally reportable and little is known regarding its epidemiology and distribution in the northernmost mountainous provinces.
Metrailer MC, Le Quyen TT, Van Pham K, Luong TM, Jiranantasak T, Bluhm AP, Tuozzo FJ, Ha Hoang TT, Luong MH, Do BN, Pham TH, Harman MEA, Norris MH, Trung TT, Blackburn JK.   +14 more
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Melioidosis [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2018
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative environmental bacterium and the aetiological agent of melioidosis, a life-threatening infection that is estimated to account for ∼89,000 deaths per year worldwide. Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for melioidosis, and the global diabetes pandemic could increase the number of fatalities caused by ...
Wiersinga, W. Joost, Virk, Harjeet S., Torres, Alfredo G., Currie, Bart J., Peacock, Sharon J., Dance, David A. B., Limmathurotsakul, Direk   +6 more
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Prevention of melioidosis

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Abstract Melioidosis is a complex tropical disease linked with many complications. It is increasingly diagnosed in India. The clinical mimicry of this disease with several other common causes of pneumonia has kept the clinicians in ignorance. Usually, the diagnosis and appropriate management get delayed.
Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra, Baijayantimala Mishra   +1 more
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Extreme Weather and Melioidosis: An endemic tropical disease in Penampang district of Sabah, Malaysia

Journal of Health Research, 2023
Background: Melioidosis is a fatal, but preventable communicable disease that is endemic in several parts of the world, including the state of Sabah, Malaysia, which is located in the northern part of Borneo Island.
Sam Froze Jiee, Kai Joo Lim, Daryl Sin Choon Vui, Dina Peter Marius, Nurul Syafiqah Illyana, Anisah Jantim   +5 more
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Hepatic/splenic abscess and/or skin and soft tissue infection as predictors of melioidosis in children

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2019
Introduction: Melioidosis can have multiple organ involvement which can then mimic other infections. The aim of this study was to determine if there are any factors significantly associated with melioidosis which can inform diagnostic evaluations before
Supatjaree Chanvitan, Alan Geater, Kamolwish Laoprasopwattana   +2 more
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Melioidosis with a Pericardial Effusion, which Relapsed as a Chest Wall Abscess: A Rare Presentation [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Melioidosis, which is caused by a soil saprophyte, Burkholderia pseudomallei, is most prevalent in the south–west coast of India. Although it is frequently seen in immunocompromised patients, melioidosis can occur in apparently normal individuals ...
Rashmi Teresa Mathai K., K. Sundara Bhat, Mohammed Ashraf, Mayank Sarawag, Kumar K.P.   +4 more
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Neurologic Melioidosis [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013
Melioidosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in northern Australia and Southeast Asia. Diagnosis is best made by isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from clinical specimens. A variety of clinical presentations are described, including neurologic disease.
Deuble, Martin, Aquilina, Chloe, Norton, Robert   +2 more
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Emergence of Melioidosis in Indonesia and Today’s Challenges

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
A recent modeling study estimated that there could be as many as 20,000 human melioidosis cases per year in Indonesia, with around 10,000 potential deaths annually. Nonetheless, the true burden of melioidosis in Indonesia is still unknown.
Patricia M. Tauran, Sri Wahyunie, Farahanna Saad, Andaru Dahesihdewi, Mahrany Graciella, Munawir Muhammad, Delly Chipta Lestari, Aryati Aryati, Ida Parwati, Tonny Loho, Dewi Indah Noviana Pratiwi, Vivi Keumala Mutiawati, Ricke Loesnihari, Dewi Anggraini, Siwipeni Irmawanti Rahayu, Wahyu Nawang Wulan, Ungke Antonjaya, David A. B. Dance, Bart J. Currie, Direk Limmathuthurotsakul, Mansyur Arif, Abu Tholib Aman, Ni Nyoman Sri Budayanti, Diah Iskandriati   +23 more
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Human Melioidosis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2020
The causative agent of melioidosis,Burkholderia pseudomallei, a tier 1 select agent, is endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia, with increased incidence associated with high levels of rainfall. Increasing reports of this condition have occurred worldwide, with estimates of up to 165,000 cases and 89,000 deaths per year.
I. Gassiep, M. Armstrong, R. Norton
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