Open AccessMelioidosis case cluster following heavy inter-monsoonal rains in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Vaithehi Francis,
M. Ahilen,
M. Murugamoorthy,
K. Arulmoly,
Karthik Sundaresan,
W. A. S. K. Wickramarachchi,
P. Mayurathan,
Harindra D. Sathkumara,
Shivankari Krishnananthasivam,
Jayanthi Masakorala,
A. D. De Silva,
Enoka Corea
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sri lankan journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-9654
pISSN - 2012-8169
DOI - 10.4038/sljid.v7i0.8202
Subject(s) - sri lanka , political science , library science , south asia , geography , medicine , history , ancient history , computer science
Melioidosis is an emerging tropical infection caused by the soil bacterium Burkholderiapseudomallei. Sri Lanka has recently been identified as endemic for the disease. The study describes a cluster of cases of acute bacteraemic melioidosis following an extreme weather event. This study describes the clinical, epidemiological and bacteriological characteristics of a cluster of bacteraemic melioidosis cases.
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