Definition

• Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei (formerly Pseudomonas pseudomallei).
• Characterized by a broad spectrum of acute and chronic, local and systemic, clinical and subclinical disease processes, including:
  • Acute, localized skin infection with nodular lymphangitis and regional lymphadenitis
  • Pulmonary infection
  • Bacteremia and sepsis
  • Chronic suppurative infection
• Also called Whitmore’s disease

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