Melioidosis parotitis in children

Abstract A recent paper published in JVATiTD reporting a child in Hainan with parotitis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei misleadingly described parotitis as a rare manifestation of melioidosis. In fact, it is one of the commonest forms of paediatric melioidosis seen in other parts of Southeast As...

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Published in:Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Main Author: David Dance
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SciELO 2017
Subjects:
Melioidosis Parotitis
B. pseudomallei
Paediatric Children
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Toxicology. Poisons
RA1190-1270
Zoology
QL1-991
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40409-016-0088-1
https://doaj.org/article/744c95cf05ae4bf5b700682cee89dfce
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Summary:Abstract A recent paper published in JVATiTD reporting a child in Hainan with parotitis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei misleadingly described parotitis as a rare manifestation of melioidosis. In fact, it is one of the commonest forms of paediatric melioidosis seen in other parts of Southeast Asia, although interestingly not in Australia.

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