Melioidosis in a returned traveller

Melioidosis is an infection endemic to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The present report describes a case of chronic melioidosis in a returning traveller from the Philippines. Clinical suspicion of this illness is warranted in indiv...

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Autores principales: Chagla, Zain, Aleksova, Natasha, Quirt, Jaclyn, Emery, Joel, Kraeker, Christian, Haider, Shariq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pulsus Group Inc 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25285129
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author Chagla, Zain
Aleksova, Natasha
Quirt, Jaclyn
Emery, Joel
Kraeker, Christian
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description Melioidosis is an infection endemic to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The present report describes a case of chronic melioidosis in a returning traveller from the Philippines. Clinical suspicion of this illness is warranted in individuals with a history of travel to endemic regions. Safety in handling clinical specimens is paramount because laboratory transmission has been described.
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spelling pubmed-41739452014-10-03 Melioidosis in a returned traveller Chagla, Zain Aleksova, Natasha Quirt, Jaclyn Emery, Joel Kraeker, Christian Haider, Shariq Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol Case Report Melioidosis is an infection endemic to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The present report describes a case of chronic melioidosis in a returning traveller from the Philippines. Clinical suspicion of this illness is warranted in individuals with a history of travel to endemic regions. Safety in handling clinical specimens is paramount because laboratory transmission has been described. Pulsus Group Inc 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4173945/ /pubmed/25285129 Text en Copyright© 2014 Pulsus Group Inc. All rights reserved This open-access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits reuse, distribution and reproduction of the article, provided that the original work is properly cited and the reuse is restricted to noncommercial purposes. For commercial reuse, contact support@pulsus.com
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25285129
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