melioidosis
/ˌmelɪɔɪˈdəʊsɪs/noun
mass noun
1- an infectious disease of rodents, similar to glanders. It is occasionally transmitted to people, in whom it can cause pneumonia, multiple abscesses, and septicaemia, and is often fatal.类鼻疽假单孢菌病。
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- The agent is the bacterium Pseudomonas pseudomallei.由类鼻疽伯克氏菌引起。
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