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Septicaemic Melioidosis: Case Report from a Non-Endemic Area

Author(s) -

Smita Sood,

Raghuvir Singh Khedar,

Shabbar Hk Joad,

Rajeev Gupta

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of clinical and diagnostic research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2249-782X

pISSN - 0973-709X

DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9684.5257

Subject(s) - melioidosis , burkholderia pseudomallei , facultative , burkholderia , intracellular parasite , disease , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , ecology , pathology , genetics

Melioidosis is a clinically diverse disease caused by the facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. In recent times melioidosis has been increasingly reported in India especially from the southern and coastal states. We report a fatal case of septicaemic melioidosis from the state of Rajasthan with a view to increase awareness about the existence of this disease in an area yet unrecognized.

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