Preferred Label : Acute or fulminant melioidosis;
ICD-11 definition : Acute melioidosis typically presents as an acute pneumonia following inhalation or
inoculation of the causative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. This may progress
to fulminant septic shock with multiple abscesses in the lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys
or brain. There is a significant mortality, which in the majority of cases is associated
with preexisting risk factors, especially diabetes, alcoholism or chronic renal disease.
Infection in children may present with acute parotiditis.;
ICD-11 synonym : fulminating melioidosis; acute melioidosis;
Origin ID : 945827199;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Acute melioidosis typically presents as an acute pneumonia following inhalation or
inoculation of the causative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. This may progress
to fulminant septic shock with multiple abscesses in the lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys
or brain. There is a significant mortality, which in the majority of cases is associated
with preexisting risk factors, especially diabetes, alcoholism or chronic renal disease.
Infection in children may present with acute parotiditis.
