Glanders - the Eradicated Disease or Still an Actual Thread?
Authors:
L. Pospíšil
Authors‘ workplace:
Výzkumný ústav veterinkrního lékařství, Brno
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2001; : 752-754
Category:
Overview
Glanders (malleus), attacking equids and transmissible to humans, does not occur in our geographical area ony more, but world-wide eradication has not yet been achieved. Cases of glanders have been reported from India, Iraq, Mongolia and China and in 2001 also from South America. The disease is caused by Burkholderia mallei (earlied known as Bacillus, Pfeiferella, Loefflerella, Malleomyces, Actinobacillus, or Pseudomonas mallei). The continual interest of microbiologists in the causative agents indicates tkat glanders cannot be regarded as a closed historie episode. Occupational infections of laboratory personnel occurred during World War II and the years thereafter and the last accident was reported in May 2000. Topical problems of glanders include the development of a vaccine and antibiotic therapy tested in experimentally infected subjects.
Key words:
glanders (malleus), Burkholderia mallei, therapy, antibiotics, vaccine.
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Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
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