Clinical Manifestations, Antimicrobial Drug Susceptibility Patterns, and Outcomes in Melioidosis Cases, India

Clinical Manifestations, Antimicrobial Drug Susceptibility Patterns, and Outcomes in Melioidosis Cases, India

We studied the clinical manifestations and outcomes of 114 patients with culture-confirmed melioidosis treated at a tertiary hospital in southern India. Diabetes mellitus is the main risk factor, and chronic melioidosis mimicking tuberculosis was more common than acute disease. Septicemia and respir...

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Main Authors: Maria Koshy, Manjeera Jagannati, Ravikar Ralph, Punitha Victor, Thambu David, Sowmya Sathyendra, Balaji Veeraraghavan, George M. Varghese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
melioidosis
Burkholderia pseudomallei
clinical manifestations
antimicrobial drug susceptibility
outcome of melioidosis
outcomes
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/2/17-0745_article

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