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Am J Trop Med Hyg
January 2025
Department of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, India.
Melioidosis is a neglected tropical infection caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which is found in soil and water across tropical countries. The infection spectrum ranges from mild localized lesions to severe sepsis. The clinical presentation, severity, and outcome are influenced by the route of infection, bacterial load, strain virulence, and specific virulence genes of B.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfect Genet Evol
January 2025
University Paris-Est, Anses, Animal health laboratory, Bacterial zoonosis unit, Maisons-Alfort, France. Electronic address:
Burkholderia pseudomallei, a soil-borne bacterium that causes melioidosis, endemic in South and Southeast Asia and northern Australia, is now emerging in new regions. Since the 1990s, cases have been reported in French overseas departments, including Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, and Reunion Island and Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, suggesting a local presence of the bacterium. Our phylogenetic analysis of 111 B.
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July 2024
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Background: Melioidosis cases are increasing in Southeast Asia, posing a significant challenge owing to the rising number of diabetic and immune compromised patients. Pneumonia is the most common presentation of melioidosis, while cutaneous melioidosis is rare.
Objectives: We report a case of primary cutaneous melioidosis (PCM) that eventually required intensive care unit (ICU) management.
Aust Vet J
December 2024
College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Background: Melioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an important disease that is endemic in areas of northern Australia and can cause a wide range of clinical signs in people and animals. There is limited published data on the disease in marsupials.
Case Report: Two captive red-legged pademelons (Thylogale stigmatica) with collective signs of lethargy, dysphagia and bloody oral discharge were submitted for necropsy and showed variations in pathology findings ranging from multifocal abscessation in various tissues to evidence of fulminant septicaemia.
Open Forum Infect Dis
December 2024
Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.
Respiratory viral infection may increase infection with progressing to clinical disease (melioidosis). This data linkage study evaluated associations between melioidosis and SARS-CoV-2 or influenza. Among 160 melioidosis cases, there was no difference in risk factors, vaccine status, or disease severity between 17 with viral co-infection and 143 without.
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