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Abstract
A disease of humans and animals that resembles GLANDERS. It is caused by BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI and may range from a dormant infection to a condition that causes multiple abscesses, PNEUMONIA and BACTEREMIA.
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- Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection
- Whitmore's Disease
- Burkholderia pseudomallei Infections
- Disease, Whitmore's
- Infection, Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Melioidoses
- Whitmore Disease
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei; in India, Malay & Indonesia
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Melioidosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008554. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008554
- Melioidosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melioidosis
- Melioidosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963944