Chronic melioidosis in a patient with cystic fibrosis.

ABSTRACT: Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia, where it can be found in soil and surface water. We report a case of chronic pulmonary melioidosis in a patient with cystic fibrosis who had traveled to an area where B. pseudomallei is endemic.

SUBMITTER: Schulin T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC88000 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature