Melioidosis molecular diagnostics: An update

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Melioidosis, a fatal tropical disease, presents a wide array of clinical manifestations, including abscesses, pneumonia, septic shock, bacteraemia, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, and skin infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has classified Burkholderia pseudomallei (B. pseudomallei), a gram-negative bacterium found in soil, as a Tier 1 select agent. Referred to as the “great...

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