Clinical repercussions of Glanders (Burkholderia mallei infection) in a Brazilian child: a case report

Abstract Glanders is a relatively unknown zoonotic disease caused by Burkholderia mallei. This bacterium affect solipeds and humans, and can be used as a biological warfare. Glanders is characterized as an occupational disease. We report the case of an 11-year-old boy who was presented to an emergen...

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Main Authors: Eusébio Lino dos Santos Júnior, Juliane de Carvalho Rocha Moura, Bruna Karoline Pinheiro França Protásio, Vanise Aragão Santos Parente, Maria Helena Neves Dorea Veiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822020000100716&tlng=en