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Human melioidosis. A histopathologic study of acute and chronic melioidosis.

Piggott Ja, +1 more
- 01 Aug 1970 - 
- Vol. 90, Iss: 2, pp 101-111
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This article is published in Archives of pathology.The article was published on 1970-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 75 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Melioidosis.

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The Digestive System

TL;DR: This chapter discusses the diseases and related pathologic alterations that may be encountered in the gastrointestinal tract and associated organs of various species of laboratory animals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians and provides an extensive review of these lesions.
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Melioidosis: Review and Update

TL;DR: Melioidosis prevails in Southeast Asia and northern Australia and is reported from countries located between 20 degrees north latitude and 20 degrees south latitude as well as in travelers and in soldiers who have resided in these areas.
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The Pseudomallei Group: A Review

TL;DR: The present review was undertaken in an attempt to bring into perspective the authors' knowledge of both glanders and melioidosis as it relates to the biology of the respective causative organisms.
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Obligatory role of gamma interferon for host survival in a murine model of infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei.

TL;DR: Results provide the first evidence of a host protective mechanism against B. pseudomallei in Taylor Outbred mice, and the rapid production of IFN-γ within the first day of infection determines whether the infection proceeds to an acute lethal outcome or becomes chronic.
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The histopathology of human melioidosis.

TL;DR: Examining human tissues infected by Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) pseudomallei which is endemic in Malaysia to study the types of inflammation invoked, and to look for histopathological clues to its diagnosis found numerous gram‐negative, non‐acid‐fast, intra‐ and extracellular bacilli, occurring either singly or in chains.
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