1st Edition

Clinical Melioidosis A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management

Edited By Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra Copyright 2023
178 Pages 18 Color & 18 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

178 Pages 18 Color & 18 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

178 Pages 18 Color & 18 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

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... Read more

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

Biography

Dr. Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra is Professor and Head of Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.