melioidosis
MONDO:0017775Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names melioidosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An infection that is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, which is found in soil and water; symptoms vary widely, but most commonly include fever, cough, pneumonia, arthralgia, myalgia, and skin ulceration.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0017775), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
23 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Acute infectious pneumoniaHPOHP:0011949
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- BacteremiaHPOHP:0031864
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Lung abscessHPOHP:0025044
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- PneumoniaHPOHP:0002090
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Respiratory tract infectionHPOHP:0011947
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- SepsisHPOHP:0100806
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- ShockHPOHP:0031273
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormality of the spleenHPOHP:0001743
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Brain abscessHPOHP:0030049
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- CellulitisHPOHP:0100658
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Cutaneous abscessHPOHP:0031292
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
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- HepatitisHPOHP:0012115
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Liver abscessHPOHP:0100523
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- OsteoarthritisHPOHP:0002758
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Septic arthritisHPOHP:0003095
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Splenic abscessHPOHP:0025059
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Unusual skin infectionHPOHP:0032162
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: melioidosis
- Also called
- Burkholderia pseudomallei caused disease or disorderBurkholderia pseudomallei disease or disorderBurkholderia pseudomallei infectious diseasepseudoglanders