Description
Melioidosis is an endemic tropical disease and is fast becoming an emerging global concern. Its clinical mimicry with several other common diseases has made its diagnosis and treatment difficult. This book identifies a gap in the literature and represents the management and diagnosis of this fatal but curable disease. It provides detailed coverage of its history, epidemiology, the latency of the agent, pathogenesis, manifestations, clinical clues for detection, microbiological diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and environmental aspects. This book is for clinicians, infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, and public health professionals in countries where melioidosis is endemic.
Key Features:
• Provides practical guidance on clinical diagnosis, management, and prevention of melioidosis.
• Features high-quality radiological and clinical photographs for clinicians and professionals.
• Explores the latest techniques and advancements in laboratory diagnosis.
Table of Contents
1. Melioidosis in Global Perspective and Challenges for Surveillance.
David AB Dance
2. Epidemiology of Melioidosis
Baijayantimala Mishra
3. History of Melioidosis
Prasanta R Mohapatra
4. Pathogenesis and Virulence of Melioidosis
Srujana Mohanty
5. Laboratory Diagnosis of Melioidosis
Bijayini Behera
6. Melioidosis: Pulmonary and other Systemic Manifestations
Prasanta R Mohapatra
7. Radiological Imaging in Melioidosis
Suprava Naik, Ranjan Patel
8. Diagnostic Interventional Procedures in Melioidosis
Sourin Bhuniya
9. Drug Management of Melioidosis
Prasanta R Mohapatra
10. Management of Melioidosis: A surgeon’s perspective
Prakash K. Sasmal, Pankaj Kumar
11. Neuro-Melioidosis
Menka Jha, Suprava Naik, Sanjeev Kumar Bhoi
12. Gastrointestinal Melioidosis
Abhijeet Rai, Hemanta K Nayak, Manas K Panigrahi
13. Septicaemic Melioidosis
Prasanta R Mohapatra, Ananda Dutta
14. Cutaneous Melioidosis
Chandra Sekhar Sirka, Arpita Nibedita Rout, Prasanta R Mohapatra
15. Cardiac Melioidosis
Rama Chandra Barik, Rudra Pratap Mahapatra
16. Melioidosis of bone and joint
Sujit Kumar Tripathy, Mantu Jain, Narayan Prasad Mishra
17. Prevention of Melioidosis
Prasanta R Mohapatra, Baijayantimala Mishra
