| Autor: |
Guo, Richard F., Wong, Frances L., Perez, Mario L. |
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Infectious Disease Reports; 2015, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p10-12, 3p, 1 Black and White Photograph |
| Abstrakt: |
Burkholderia, an aerobic gram-negative rod, is the causative organism behind melioidosis and is a common soil and water organism found predominantly in South-East Asia. We report the case of a 68 year-old man returning from an extended trip to the Philippines, with splenic hypodense lesions on abdominal computer tomography scan, later confirmed to be culture-positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei. The patient was treated with a course of intravenous ceftazidime followed by eradication therapy with oral doxycycline and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. He recovered with complete resolution of symptoms at follow up. In a returning traveler from an endemic area, melioidosis should be considered as part of the differential for any febrile illness with abscesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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