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Melioidosis
Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria growth on a petri dish. CDC, Courtesy of Larry Stauffer, Oregon State Public Health Laboratory

Melioidosis is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by the environmental bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is endemic in many tropical countries. The disease has very few specific clinical manifestations, and B. pseudomallei is intrinsically resistant to many commonly used antimicrobials. The mortality of patients treated inappropriately could be up to 90%.

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