Emergence of melioidosis in the Indian Ocean region: Two new cases and a literature review

Melioidosis is a disease caused by bacteria called B. pseudomallei. Infections can develop after contact with standing water. This disease can reach all the organs and especially the lungs. It is associated with a high mortality rate (up to 50%). Melioidosis is endemic in northern Australia and in S...

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Autores principales: Allou, Nicolas, Martinet, Olivier, Allyn, Jérôme, Bouchet, Bruno, Jaffar-Bandjee, Marie-Christine, Galas, Thomas, Traversier, Nicolas, Belmonte, Olivier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Symposium
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5730118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29240770
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006018
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Sumario:Melioidosis is a disease caused by bacteria called B. pseudomallei. Infections can develop after contact with standing water. This disease can reach all the organs and especially the lungs. It is associated with a high mortality rate (up to 50%). Melioidosis is endemic in northern Australia and in Southeast Asia. Nevertheless, B. pseudomallei may be endemic in the Indian Ocean region and in Madagascar in particular, so clinicians and microbiologists should consider acute melioidosis as a differential diagnosis in the Indian Ocean region, in particular from Madagascar.

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