Burkholderia pseudomallei is an environmental saprophyte
found in soil and water. It is known for causing melioidosis, a
disease of public health importance in both south east Asia
and northern Australia, where it is endemic and associated
with high mortality rates.
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Considered to be an exotic infection once in our country, there has been an increase surge of
reports from India especially in adults, but it still remains an
underreported entity in children. We report here a series of
paediatric melioidosis cases