ReviewTropical medicine and infectious disease2018
Melioidosis in Hong Kong.
Review in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Melioidosis in companion animals: Analysis of 45 Australian cases (24 dogs; 21 cats) from 1997 to 2025 and a brief review of the animal and human literature.Australian veterinary journal · 2026Review
- Contiguous spread of melioidosis to the brain: a rare case of subdural empyema following odontogenic infection. Illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026Article
- Outbreak of melioidosis in a highly urbanized area.Emerging microbes & infections · 2025Article
- Rapidly Progressing Melioidosis Outbreak in City Center Zoo, Hong Kong, 2024.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Probable airborne transmission ofEmerging microbes & infections · 2023Article
- A fatal case of septicemic melioidosis in a patient with autoantibody against interferon-γ: a case report.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2023Article
- Improving the clinical recognition, prognosis, and treatment of melioidosis through epidemiology and clinical findings: The Sabah perspective.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- A rare case of melioidosis presenting as pericarditis and pneumonia in a patient with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus.Respirology case reports · 2023Article
- The Epidemiology of Melioidosis and Its Association with Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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10 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Melioidosis, although endemic in many parts of Southeast Asia, has not been systematically studied in Hong Kong, which is a predominantly urban area located in the subtropics. This review describes the early outbreaks of melioidosis in captive animals in Hong Kong in the 1970s, as well as the early reports of human clinical cases in the 1980s. A review of all hospitalized human cases of culture-confirmed melioidosis in the last twenty years showed an increasing trend in the incidence of the disease, with significant mortality observed. The lack of awareness of this disease among local physicians, the delay in laboratory diagnosis and the lack of epidemiological surveillance are among the greatest challenges of managing melioidosis in the territory.
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