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EncyclopediaSeePseudomonas pseudomalleiBurkholderia pseudomallei
Burkholderia pseudomalleia species found in cases of melioidosis in humans and other animals and in soil and water in tropical regions. New name for Pseudomonas pseudomallei. Synonym(s): Pseudomonas pseudomallei, Whitmore bacillusBurkholderia pseudomallei A gram-negative Pseudomonas-like bacillus found in the environment—e.g., plants, water, and soil of the tropics and subtropics—which is not part of normal human flora, but may be acquired by inhalation or direct inoculation through disrupted skin.
Clinical findings
Human disease ranges from asymptomatic to melioidosis, which is characterised by multifocal abscesses, pneumonia, septicaemia and shock. It has a 20–50% mortality rate.Burkholderia pseudomallei Pseudomonas pseudomallei Bacteriology A Pseudomonas-like bacterium Clinical Ranges from asymptomatic to melioidosis; skin infection and multifocal abscesses, URI, septicemia and shockBurk·hol·der·i·a pseu·do·mal·le·i (bŭrk-hol-der'ē-ă sū-dō-mal'ē-ī) A bacterial species found in cases of melioidosis in humans and other animals and in soil and water in tropical regions. |