Cutaneous melioidosis in a man who was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese during World War II

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作者
Ngauy, V
Lemeshev, Y
Sadkowski, L
Crawford, G
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[1] Wilford Hall USAF Med Ctr, Lackland AFB, TX 78236 USA
[2] Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Pathol, San Antonio, TX USA
[3] Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Med, San Antonio, TX USA
[4] Audie L Murphy Mem Vet Adm Med Ctr, VA Mycol Reference Lab, San Antonio, TX 78284 USA
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10.1128/JCM.43.2.970-972.2005
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 [微生物学]; 100705 [微生物与生化药学];
摘要
Melioidosis, an infection caused by the gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei, is endemic to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. Human infection is acquired through contact with contaminated water via percutaneous inoculation. Clinical manifestations range from skin and soft tissue infection to pneumonia with sepsis. We report a case of a man who was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese during World War II who presented with a nonhealing ulcer on his right hand 62 years after the initial exposure.
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