Clinical-epidemiological features of 13 cases of melioidosis in Brazil

• Author(s): Brilhante, Raimunda S. N. ; Bandeira, Tereza J. P. G. ; Cordeiro, Rossana A. ; Grangeiro, Thalles Barbosa ; Lima, Rita A. C. ; Ribeiro, Joyce F. ; Castelo-Branco, Débora S. C. M. ; Rodrigues, Jorge L. N. ; Coelho, Ivo C. B. ; Magalhães, Francisco G. ; Rocha, Marcos F. G. ; Sidrim, José J. C.
• Date: 2013
• Origin: Oasisbr
• Subject(s): Melioidose; Doenças Endêmicas
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

Description

he aim of this work was to catalog the clinical and ecoepidemiological characteristics of melioidosis in Brazil. The clinical-epi- demiological features of melioidosis in Ceará are similar to those in other regions where the disease is endemic. These findings support the inclusion of this Brazilian state as part of the zone of endemicity for melioidosis