Preferred Label : Melioidosis, susceptibility to;
Type : Phenotype, molecular basis known;
Included titles and symbols : Melioidosis, resistance to;
Description : Melioidosis is infection caused by the gram-negative, flagellated soil saprophyte
Burkholderia pseudomallei, which is endemic in parts of southeast Asia and northern
Australia. Sepsis is a common clinical presentation of disease, and lung is the organ
most commonly involved. In northern Thailand, where B. pseudomallei is the most common
bloodstream isolate, the overall melioidosis mortality rate exceeds 40%, and pneumonia
confers more than 2-fold increased risk of death (summary by West et al., 2013).;
Prefixed ID : #615557;
Origin ID : 615557;
UMLS CUI : C3809925;
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