Ella M. Meumann

TL;DR: Melioidosis pneumonia is often a rapidly progressive illness with high mortality, particularly among those with multilobar disease, and risk factors have been identified.

TL;DR: All six patients with melioidosis septic shock were blood PCR positive, suggesting potential for rapid diagnosis and commencement of appropriate therapy.

TL;DR: The role of genomic epidemiology in the successful elimination of COVID-19 for a second time in Australia has been discussed in this paper, where the authors used phylogenetic analyses, genomic cluster discovery, and integrated results with epidemiological data collected via interview by the Victorian Government Department of Health.

TL;DR: The results suggest that international dissemination of A. baumannii is occurring in the community on a contemporary timescale and genes associated with biofilm formation and the type 6 secretion system may not be required for survival in community niches.

TL;DR: Melioidosis is an opportunistic infection with a diverse spectrum of clinical presentations and severity, and with early diagnosis, specific antimicrobial therapy, and state-of-the-art intensive care, mortality can be reduced to less than 10%.