Fatal Pediatric Melioidosis and the Role of Hyperferritinemic Sepsis-Induced Multiple-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

• Main Authors: Anand, Mohan, Malini, Paranchothy, Sakthy, Segaran, Richard Siu, Chiu Wong, Yek Kee, Chor, Yuwana, Podin, Mong How, Ooi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2 The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2022
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40628/1/Fatal%20Pediatric%20-%20Copy.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40628/; https://www.ajtmh.org/view/journals/tpmd/107/2/article-p393.xml

Melioidosis is reported to cause a high fatality rate in children, even in the absence of risk factors for disease. The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of fatal pediatric melioidosis infection. We performed a retrospective analysis of children aged , 15 years with culture-confirmed...