Fine-needle aspiration to improve diagnosis of melioidosis of the head and neck in children: a study from Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mohan, Anand, Podin, Yuwana, Liew, Da-Wei, Kumar, Jeevithaa Mahendra, Lau, Peter Sie Teck, Tan, Yee-Yen, Tai, Yi-Pinn, Gill, Ranveer Singh, Shanmugam, Ram, Chien, Su Lin, Tan, Lee See, Mat Sani, Nurul Asiah, Manan, Kamilah, Ooi, Mong How
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2021
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; RB Pathology; RJ Pediatrics; RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37112/1/melioidosis-1.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37112/; https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06754-9; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06754-9
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Melioidosis, the infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, is associated with a high case fatality rate, due in part to difficulties in clinical recognition and diagnostic confirmation of the disease. Although head and neck involvement is common in children, specific disease manifestations diff...