Cutaneous melioidosis.
Melioidosis is a rare tropical disease caused by infection with the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. It occurs predominantly in south-east Asia, northern and central Australia and central and south America. Patients often present to the internal medicine physicians with a severe, potentially fatal sepsis. We report three patients who presented to our dermatology department with cutaneous melioidosis.
National Skin Centre, 1 Mandalay Road, Singapore 1130.
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D000328:Adult; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*