Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of melioidosis

Bart Currie; Nicholas Anstey

Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of melioidosis

Menzies School of Health Research

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Abstract

Melioidosis is a clinically diverse disease caused by the facultative intracellular gram-negative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei [1,2]. This organism is a widely distributed environmental saprophyte in soil and fresh surface water in endemic regions [3]; the risk of acquiring the infection occurs in these same areas. The epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of melioidosis will be presented here. The treatment and prognosis of this disease are discussed separately.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UpToDate:
Subtitle of host publication	Online Medical Information Resource
Place of Publication	Waltham, MA
Publisher	UpToDate
Publication status	Published - 2005

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Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of melioidosis

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