And the answer is... What is Burkholderia pseudomallei?
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Travelers to Southeast Asia and northern Australia should be educated to minimize skin exposure to wet season soil to avoid percutaneous inoculation with this bacterium?
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Which Gram-positive bacillus, intrinsically resistant to vancomycin, causes a subacute cellulitis of the hand and fingers, classically seen in fishermen and seafood handlers?
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And the answer is... What is Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae?
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