A Rare Presentation of Central Nervous System Melioidosis
| Autor: | Siti-Aisah Hassan, Phing-Sue Wong, Kar-Yaw Yoong, Shin Shen Yong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Neurological signs
medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Melioidosis biology medicine.drug_class business.industry Burkholderia pseudomallei Antibiotics Central nervous system bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure 030225 pediatrics medicine Presentation (obstetrics) business Abscess Multiple abscesses |
| Zdroj: | OALib. :1-8 |
| ISSN: | 2333-9705 2333-9721 |
| DOI: | 10.4236/oalib.1103346 |
| Popis: | We report a case of an 18-year-old army man who was diagnosed with cerebral melioidosis with disseminated abscesses. The patient presented with fever and focal neurological signs with positive cerebral imaging findings followed by a positive blood culture for Burkholderia pseudomallei. Further imaging of other sites also revealed multiple abscesses. He responded well to an intensive course of antibiotic therapy of eight-week duration followed by 6 months of eradication therapy. The repeat cerebral imaging showed complete resolution of basal ganglia abscess at the end of intensive antibiotic therapy. |
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