Published Date: 2005-06-01 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Melioidosis, fatal - Malaysia (Malacca): susp. RFI
Archive Number: 20050601.1530
MELIOIDOSIS, FATAL - MALAYSIA (MALACCA): SUSPECTED, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Tue 31 May 2005
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Source: New Straits Times Online [edited]
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/20050601075145/Article/indexb_html>
Boy died of lung infection, not SARS
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The public was today [Tue 31 May 2005] assured that a 14-year-old boy who
died of an infection of the lungs here last Sat 29 May 2005 was not a
victim of the dreaded Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The
assurance came in the wake of widespread speculation that the boy, from
Taboh Naning New Village, about 45 km from here, had died of SARS at the
Malacca Hospital.
State Health, Consumer Affairs and Human Resource Committee chairman Datuk
Seah Kwi Tong said: "He had an infection in his lungs, and doctors have
confirmed it had nothing to do with SARS. People should not listen to
rumors," he said.
The boy was admitted to the hospital last week [4th week May 2005], about
the same time as 2 20-year-olds with similar symptoms. Seah said the 3
cases were not related. "The boy who died was from Alor Gajah, while the
other 2 are from Ayer Keroh and Melaka Raya."
The youths are being monitored in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit. It
was learned that the boy died of suspected melioidosis, also called
Whitmore's disease, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium
_Burkholderia pseudomallei_.
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[Melioidosis is a bioterrorism category B disease, and _B. pseudomallei_ is
a soil/water organism found primarily in Southeast Asia and northern
Australia. Severe pneumonia with sepsis syndrome is the most common cause
of death with this infection and usually occurs in the compromised host,
particularly the diabetic. No information is given regarding co-morbidities
that may have existed in the boy. - Mod.LL]
See Also
Melioidosis, fatal - Australia (QLD)(02) 20050326.0873Melioidosis, fatal - Australia (QLD) 20050324.0851
Melioidosis, tsunami-related (04): Finland 20050307.0679
Melioidosis, tsunami-related (03): Australia, Finland 20050205.0399
Melioidosis, tsunami-related (02): Thailand RFI 20050202.0356
Melioidosis, tsunami-related - Thailand 20050127.0296
Melioidosis - Australia (NT) 20050116.0131
2004
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Melioidosis - Singapore (04) 20040917.2578
Undiagnosed illness - Taiwan (03): meliodosis 20040804.2133
Melioidosis - Singapore 20040409.0968
Melioidosis - Australia (NT) (02) 20040322.0797
Melioidosis - Australia (NT) 20040319.0770
Melioidosis - Australia (North Qld.) 20040308.0654
2003
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Melioidosis - Australia (Northern Territory) 20031217.3084
Melioidosis - Brazil (Ceara) 20030314.0632
2002
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Melioidosis - Australia (Queensland) 20020313.3732
1999
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Melioidosis, human - Singapore 1998 (02) 19990330.0512
Melioidosis, human - Singapore 1998 19990330.0507
1998
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Melioidosis - UK ex Indian subcontinent 19980905.1780
Melioidosis, fatal - Western Australia (02) 19980109.0061
Melioidosis, fatal - Western Australia 19980109.0060
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