Melioidosis: Clinical impact and public health threat in the tropics

• Main Authors: Perumal Samy R., Stiles B.G., Sethi G., Lim L.H.K.
• Other Authors: DEPT OF PHARMACOLOGY
• Format: Review
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: cefoperazone plus sulbactam; ceftazidime; cephalosporin; chloramphenicol; clavulanic acid; colistin; cotrimoxazole; doxycycline; gamma interferon; glutathione; imipenem; interleukin 10; interleukin 18; interleukin 6; macrolide; rifamycin; sulfamethoxazole; tetracycline; tumor necrosis factor; ureidopenicillin; antiinfective agent; bacterial vaccine; biological warfare agent; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic therapy; Burkholderia pseudomallei; case fatality rate; cell death; cell maturation; diabetes mellitus; disease severity; disease transmission; encephalitis; enzyme immunoassay; fibrosis; gene; geographic distribution; human; immunofluorescence; melioidosis; nonhuman; prevalence; public health; Review; risk factor; sepsis; septicemia; T6SS 1 gene; animal; Australia; chronic disease; Malaysia; microbiology; mouse; pathogenicity; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam; virulence; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Vaccines; Biological Warfare Agents; Chronic Disease; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Humans; Melioidosis; Mice; Public Health; Soil Microbiology; Vietnam; Virulence; Water Microbiology
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/165377
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pntd.0004738