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Like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, colonizes moist environmental surfaces and associated with nosocomial infections
Respiratory tract infections in immunocompromised patients, particularly those with cystic fibrosis
Urinary tract infections, septic arthritis, peritonitis, septicemia and other opportunisitic infections
Saprophyte found in soil, water and vegetation and prevalent in Southeast Asia, India, Africa and Australia
Recognized as cause of melioidosis during Vietnam War when soil suspended in air by helicopter blades was inhaled by military personnel
Melioidosis occurs as:
i) acute suppurative infection
ii) chronic pulmonary disease or
iii) localized suppurative cutaneous infection with lymphadenitis, fever, malaise
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