Melioidosis in Antioquia, Colombia: an emerging or endemic disease? A cases series

ABSTRACT: Background: Melioidosis is endemic in Malaysia, the southwest of Thailand, and northern Australia. The incidence in Thailand is 4.4/1 000 000 inhabitants, where it causes 19% of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and 20% of bacteremic pneumonia, and the mortality is 50%. Sporadic cases hav...

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Autores:

Ochoa Acosta, Jesús Ernesto
Montufar Andrade, Franco Eduardo
Ortega, Héctor José
Montufar Pantoja, María Camila
Franco, L.
Monsalve, A.
Jaramillo, C.
Zapata, M.

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2015

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/42355

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/42355

Palabra clave:

Melioidosis
Burkholderia Pseudomallei
Neumonía
Pneumonia
Sepsis
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008554
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016957
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011014
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018805

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openAccess

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/co/