Volume : X, Issue : VI, June - 2020

THE VARIED CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF MELIOIDOSIS - A CASE SERIES

Dr. C. Arshad Akeel

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Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a gram–negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudo mallei. Most people infected with B. pseudo mallei experience no symptoms. However few have signs and symptoms ranging from mild fever, skin changes, pneumonia, and abscesses to severe clinical presentation affecting the ain, inflammation of the joints and dangerously low blood pressure that causes death. Approximately 10% of people with melioidosis develop symptoms that last longer than two months, termed "chronic melioidosis”. We hereby present two cases of Melioidosis with varied clinical presentation.

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THE VARIED CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF MELIOIDOSIS - A CASE SERIES, Dr. C.Arshad Akeel INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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