Melioidosis
Surgical removal of the lung abscess with lobectomy is considered. Antibiotic treatments may be necessary from 3 to 12 months.
Melioidosis can remain latent (in hiding) for years and emerge when a person’s resistance is low.
The alternative name for melioidosis is, as mentioned, Whitmore’s disease. This is in honor of Major Alfred Whitmore (1876-1946), an English surgeon in India.
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