Melioidosis

WJ Wiersinga, BJ Currie… - New England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
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Melioidosis: evolving concepts in epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment

BJ Currie - Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei can result in asymptomatic seroconversion, a
single skin lesion that may or may not heal spontaneously, a pneumonia which can be …

Cavitary pulmonary disease

LB Gadkowski, JE Stout - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY A pulmonary cavity is a gas-filled area of the lung in the center of a nodule or
area of consolidation and may be clinically observed by use of plain chest radiography or …

The global distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and melioidosis: an update

BJ Currie, DAB Dance, AC Cheng - Transactions of the Royal …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Summary While Southeast Asia and northern Australia are well recognized as the major
endemic regions for melioidosis, recent reports have expanded the endemic zone. Severe …

Human melioidosis

I Gassiep, M Armstrong, R Norton - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Laboratory diagnosis of melioidosis: past, present and future

SKP Lau, S Sridhar, CC Ho, WN Chow… - Experimental …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Melioidosis is an emerging, potentially fatal disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei,
which requires prolonged antibiotic treatment to prevent disease relapse. However …

Incidence, risk factors and clinical epidemiology of melioidosis: a complex socio-ecological emerging infectious disease in the Alor Setar region of Kedah, Malaysia

MRA Hassan, SP Pani, NP Peng, K Voralu… - BMC infectious …, 2010 - Springer
Background Melioidosis, a severe and fatal infectious disease caused by Burkholderia
pseudomallei, is believed to an emerging global threat. However, data on the natural history …

Melioidosis: clinical impact and public health threat in the tropics

R Perumal Samy, BG Stiles, G Sethi… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
This review briefly summarizes the geographical distribution and clinical impact of
melioidosis, especially in the tropics. Burkholderia pseudomallei (a gram-negative …

[HTML][HTML] A review of melioidosis cases in the Americas

TJ Benoit, DD Blaney, TJ Doker, JE Gee… - The American journal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Melioidosis is a bacterial infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a gram-negative
saprophytic bacillus. Cases occur sporadically in the Americas with an increasing number of …

Landscape Changes Influence the Occurrence of the Melioidosis Bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil in Northern Australia

M Kaestli, M Mayo, G Harrington, L Ward… - PLoS neglected …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background The soil-dwelling saprophyte bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is the
cause of melioidosis, a severe disease of humans and animals in southeast Asia and …