primary bacterial infectious disease glanders A primary bacterial infectious disease that results in septicemic infection, has_material_basis_in Burkholderia mallei, which is transmitted by contact with tissues or body fluids of infected animals, or through mucosal surfaces such as the eyes and nose. The infection has symptom fever, has symptom chills, has symptom sweating, has symptom muscle aches, has symptom chest pain, has symptom muscle tightness, has symptom headache, has symptom mucopurulent nasal discharge, and has symptom nodular lesions in the lungs.