"Melioidosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disease of humans and animals that resembles GLANDERS. It is caused by BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI and may range from a dormant infection to a condition that causes multiple abscesses, pneumonia, and bacteremia.
| Descriptor ID |
D008554
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.170.531
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| Concept/Terms |
Melioidosis- Melioidosis
- Melioidoses
- Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection
- Burkholderia pseudomallei Infections
- Infection, Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Infections, Burkholderia pseudomallei
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melioidosis" by people in Profiles.
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Cerebral melioidosis for the first time in the western hemisphere. J Neurosurg. 2013 Dec; 119(6):1591-5.
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Other bacterial diseases as a potential consequence of bioterrorism: Q fever, brucellosis, glanders, and melioidosis. J Okla State Med Assoc. 2003 May; 96(5):214-7.