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Item Melioidosis in Odisha: A clinico-microbiological and epidemiological description of culture-confirmed cases over a 2-year period(Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists, 2019-09) Behera, B; Mohanty, S; Mahapatra, A; Hallur, VK; Mishra, B; Dey, A; Kumar, R; Mishra, TK; Sasmal, PK; Sinha, M; Mohapatra, PR; Panigrahi, MK; Preetam, C; Das, RRMelioidosis is an emerging infectious disease in India mostly reported from South-western coastal Karnataka and North-eastern Tamil Nadu. We speculate the existence of another major hidden focus in Odisha, one of the eastern coastal states. The clinico-epidemiological features of 47 culture-confirmed melioidosis at a tertiary care teaching hospital over a period of 2 years are reported. Septicaemia was the most common clinical presentation. Diabetes mellitus (DM) was present in 72.3% of our cases. The geo-climatic conditions of Odisha and other coastal states of India and the rise in the incidence of DM demand a nationwide surveillance of melioidosis and creation of melioidosis registry.