Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a healthy adult from a rural area of South India

• Main Authors: Vaithy K Anandraj (Author), Anbarasu Priyadharshini (Author), Shivekar S Sunil (Author), Raj K Ambedkar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melioidosis is an emerging disease producing protean manifestations, and is more common in alcoholics and diabetics. The disease can be a trivial localized lesion or a fatal septicemia. Early diagnosis and appropriate antimicrobial treatment greatly reduces the mortality rate. We report a case of lo...