DISEASE MELIOIDOSIS

Melioidosis (also called Whitmore disease or Nightcliff gardener's disease) is an infectious disease caused by Gram-negative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei, found in soil and water. It is of public health importance in endemic areas, particularly in Thailand and northern Australia. It exists in acute and chronic forms. Symptoms may include pain in the chest, bones, or joints; cough skin infections, the nodes of the lung, and pneumonia.

Most likely you have never suffered from or know what the disease melioidosis? Because apart from rare cases, counseling or publication was not much. In fact, the disease is not less dangerous than other diseases caused by germs. So also with the proposed research is still not getting adequate servings from the authorities because they still lost by disease studies are considered more urgent.

Melioidosis disease itself is a kind of infectious disease caused by the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei. The disease usually is often equated with the glander infectious disease of horses that can be fatal if not dealt with quickly.

Glander own illness and dangerous distinction begins with an abscess in the mucous membrane that then become ulcers inside. The disease is also dangerous when it attacks the human lymphatic system. However, one thing that must be noted, is different from disease-causing melioidosis own. The disease melioidosis is endemic in tropical countries such as Southeast Asia. In fact, we were lucky country has not reported anyone affected by this disease.

Many reported that melioidosis is often the case in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and our neighboring countries. Meanwhile, outside of Southeast Asia, the countries whose citizens had ever contract the disease include northern Australia, India, Africa, and some countries in the Middle East. Interestingly, it turns out disease bacteria can be used as biological weapons or terrorist activities. From there, start a lot of research happenings held bacterium that causes the disease melioidosis.

The disease is usually transmitted by infected animals Burkholderia some of these pseumdomallei like pigs, rabbits, dogs, sheep, horses, sheep, and cat. So, you must be careful when interacting or cleaning up the animals, especially pets. Usually, people will be infected with the direct contact between human skin with soil or water contaminated with the bacteria. Germs are usually derived from animal waste which then contaminate soil and water, particularly in agricultural land which is already commonly used manure.

Or the transmission process itself can occur when humans consume contaminated water or breathing dust so that the bacteria entered the body.

Note also that these germs usually enter the body through skin abrasions or injured, either due to sharp objects or gunshot wounds. Hence, the troops are exposed to injuries and a lot of moves in the forests highly vulnerable to the bacteria that causes the disease melioidosis.

Treatment of melioidosis

The killing of the bacteria that are already entered into the body can be done in such amoxilin antibiotics, penicillin, azlocilin, clavulcanic acid, aztreonam, and others.

Treatment with antibiotics should be done when it was discovered the symptoms as mentioned above. Which is usually the case, people are less responsive to rare disease or never socialized by the government.

In fact, this type of disease is equally requires serious attention, especially for those who frequently interact with the animals who allegedly droppings can cause and transmit the bacterium Burkholderia.

Provision of antibiotic drugs should be performed before your own family members or affected by this disease. You must be willing umbrella before it rains. Keeping yourself before this dangerous disease.