ICD-11 code : 1C42;
Preferred Label : Melioidosis;
ICD-11 definition : A disease caused by the saprophytic environmental gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia
pseudomallei which is found in soil or water in humid tropical regions of the world,
especially South-East Asia and northern Australia. It has protean manifestations ranging
from fulminant septicaemia with fatal outcome to chronic low grade infection.;
ICD-11 synonym : Infection due to Pseudomonas pseudomallei NOS; Stanton disease; infection due to malleomyces pseudomallei; Infection due to Burkholderia pseudomallei NOS; infection due to Whitmore bacillus; infection due to pseudomonas pseudomallei; pseudoglanders; infection due to burkholderia pseudomallei; Whitmore disease;
Origin ID : 2129350166;
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A disease caused by the saprophytic environmental gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia
pseudomallei which is found in soil or water in humid tropical regions of the world,
especially South-East Asia and northern Australia. It has protean manifestations ranging
from fulminant septicaemia with fatal outcome to chronic low grade infection.
