Enhancing Diagnosis and Treatment Adjustments for Travelers Infected with Burkholderia pseudomallei:A Case Report-Beijing Municipality,China,June 2023
作者机构:Pediatric Intensive Care UnitBeijing Children’s HospitalCapital Medical UniversityNational Center for Children’s HealthBeijingChina Capital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
出 版 物:《China CDC weekly》 (中国疾病预防控制中心周报(英文))
年 卷 期:2024年第6卷第25期
页 面:614-616页
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学科分类:1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学]
摘 要:Summary What is already known about this topic?Burkholderia pseudomallei(BP)infection leads to melioidosis,a tropical disease endemic to coastal provinces of southern *** in nonendemic areas,do not commonly consider this disease as a primary differential diagnosis for febrile *** is added by this report?This article discusses a case of melioidosis in Northern *** patient,who had recently visited a Southeast Asian region with high melioidosis prevalence,fell ill after exposure to contaminated *** disease progressed quickly and with *** are the implications for public health practice?Healthcare workers need to remain vigilant regarding travel-related diseases for accurate differential diagnosis and to provide timely and effective treatment,especially for patients with recent travel history or symptoms during travel.