Improving the clinical recognition, prognosis, and treatment of melioidosis through epidemiology and clinical findings: The Sabah perspective.

• Main Authors: Ainulkhir Hussin (Author), Mohd Yusof Nor Rahim (Author), Frederick Dalusim (Author), Muhammad Ashraf Shahidan (Author), Sheila Nathan (Author), Nazlina Ibrahim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Introduction</h4>Melioidosis is a deadly endemic disease in northern Australia and Southeast Asia, including Sabah, Malaysia, which is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. It contributes to high fatality rates, mainly due to misdiagnosis leading to the wrong treatment b...