An infectious disease of rodents, similar to glanders. It is occasionally transmitted to people, in whom it can cause pneumonia, multiple abscesses, and septicaemia.
The agent is the bacterium Pseudomonas pseudomallei
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- In this paper we review the microbiological, clinical and epidemiological observations in patients with septicaemic melioidosis, confirmed by the isolation of organisms from blood culture.
- In northern Thailand, melioidosis is the most common cause of septicaemia.
- When mortality from melioidosis fell sharply after multiple changes in management at an Australian hospital, doctors wanted to identify whether a new drug was responsible.
- Authorities in Singapore have expressed concern about the rising death toll from the tropical disease melioidosis.
- Seroprevalence data may indicate that many more than those who present with overt disease have latent melioidosis and may be at a risk of a relapse.