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Alternative forms

• meliodosis

Noun

melioidosis ‎(uncountable)

1. An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, endemic to some areas of Southeast Asia and northern Australia.
   • 2005, Mark A. Suckov, Alexander Valisenko, Nikolai Tokarevich, Chapter 3: Animals Models in in Biodefense Research, Jann Hau, Steven J. Schapiro, Gerald L. Van Hoosier, Jr. (editors), Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Volume 3: Animal Models, 2nd Edition, 40,

     A close relative of the agent of glanders, B. pseudomallei causes a disease (melioidosis) with clinical manifestations including asymptomatic pneumonitis, acute or chronic pneumonia, and overwhelming septicemia.

   • 2012, Melioidosis: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional, page 7,

     Twenty-seven proteins distinctively reacted with human plasma following environmental exposure or clinical melioidosis.

   • 2013, Prakash S. Bisen, Ruchika Raghuvanshi, Emerging Epidemics: Management and Control, unnumbered page,

     Melioidosis is the etiological designation of a spectrum of clinical manifestations caused by the gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei.

   • 2015, Jeremy Hull, Julian Forton, Anne Thomson, Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, 2nd Edition, page 159,

     Burkholderia pseudomallei is the cause of meliodosis, which is a multiorgan infection seen mainly in South East Asia and Northern Australia. Meliodosis often first presents with lung disease, which may be an acute pneumonia or more chronic lung disease, sometimes resembling TB.

Synonyms

• (infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei): Nightcliff gardener's disease, Vietnamese time bomb (colloquial), Whitmore disease, Whitmore's disease