melioidosis in india: the tip of the iceberg? | diagnosis of melioidosis by the isolation of burkholderia pseudomallei from one or more body fluid/tissue specimens of 6 indian subjects, 5 of whom had not travelled outside india, is reported. the places of residence of these 6 and one patient previously reported, namely tripura (2), kerala (2), orissa (1), tamil nadu (1) and maharashtra (1) are therefore potentially endemic for melioidosis. b.pseudomallei closely resembles common contaminant pseudomonas sp. and are easily mis-identified in mic ... | 1996 | 8926030 |