Patterns of Organ Involvement in Recurrent Melioidosis

Overview

Journal Am J Trop Med Hyg

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2009 Jul 29

PMID 19635894

Citations 9

Authors

Direk Limmathurotsakul

Wipada Chaowagul

Nicholas P J Day

Sharon J Peacock

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Abstract

Recurrent melioidosis can be caused by two different mechanisms: relapse or re-infection. We examined the pattern of organ involvement in the first and second episodes in individual patients. Evaluation of 140 patients with recurrence showed that similar patterns of disease occurred during the first and second episode, independent of whether this was caused by relapse or re-infection.

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