melioidosis

Term ID

DOID:5052

Synonyms

• acute and fulminating melioidosis
• Nightcliff gardener's disease
• Pseudoglanders
• subacute and chronic melioidosis
• Whitmore's disease

Definition

A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection, has_material_basis_in Burkholderia pseudomallei, which is transmitted_by contact with the contaminated water or soil. The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom respiratory distress, has_symptom chest pain, and has_symptom stomach pain. http://www.cdc.gov/melioidosis/symptoms/index.html

References

• GARD:9546
• ICD10CM:A24.9
• ICD9CM:025
• MESH:D008554
• NCI:C128336
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:428111003
• UMLS_CUI:C0025229

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:5052 )