Melioidosis is endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia and is caused by B. pseudomallei. Glanders is associated with close contact with horses or other equines and is caused by B. mallei. These diseases present as acute or chronic pulmonary or extrapulmonary suppurative illnesses or as acute septicemia.
For a more detailed discussion, see Barlam TF, Kasper DL: Infections Due to the HACEK Group and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacteria, Chap. 183e; Russo TA, Johnson JR: Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacilli, Chap. 186, p. 1025; Paterson DL, Peleg AY: Acinetobacter Infections, Chap. 187, p. 1036; Ramphal R: Infections Due to Pseudomonas Species and Related Organisms, Chap. 189, p. 1042, in HPIM-19. |
Section 7. Infectious Diseases