The Epidemiology and Clinical Spectrum of Melioidosis: 540 Cases from the 20 Year Darwin Prospective Study

J. Currie, Bart; Ward, Linda; Cheng, Allen

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000900

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The Epidemiology and Clinical Spectrum of Melioidosis: 540 Cases from the 20 Year Darwin Prospective Study

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • Nov 30, 2010

Authors:

Bart J. Currie

Linda Ward

Allen Cheng

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Over 20 years, from October 1989, the Darwin prospective melioidosis study has documented 540 cases from tropical Australia, providing new insights into epidemiology and the clinical spectrum. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The principal presentation was pneumonia in 278 (51%), genitourinary infect...

Subject

Melioidosis

Medicine

Burkholderia pseudomallei

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