Host responses to melioidosis and tuberculosis are both dominated by interferon-mediated signaling.

Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei infection) is a common cause of community-acquired sepsis in Northeast Thailand and northern Australia. B. pseudomallei is a soil saprophyte endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia. The clinical presentation of melioidosis may mimic tuberculosis (both...

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Main Authors: Gavin C K W Koh, M Fernanda Schreiber, Ruben Bautista, Rapeephan R Maude, Susanna Dunachie, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Nicholas P J Day, Gordon Dougan, Sharon J Peacock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23383015/pdf/?tool=EBI