Melioidose em adolescente com diabetes mellitus tipo 1 com coinfecção por COVID-19: Relato de caso clínico

• Main Authors: Diane Gomes Pontes (Author), Ana Julia Velozo Ribeiro (Author), José Holanda Maia Filho (Author), Ângela Elizabeth de Holanda Araújo Freita (Author), Vivianne Calheiros Chaves Gomes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melioidosis is a rare and potentially fatal infection, emerging in Brazil and endemic in Ceará, caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which requires a high index of clinical suspicion for its diagnosis. It can manifest acutely, chronically or latently and, in general, in symptomatic pa...