Melioidosis with adrenal gland abscess
| Autor: | Bi-Yu Huang, Sai-Cheong Lee, Tiing-Soon Ling, Jih-Chang Chen, Wen-Bin Sheih |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Melioidosis Burkholderia pseudomallei Taiwan Ceftazidime Myanmar Asymptomatic Virology Adrenal Glands Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination medicine Adrenal Gland Abscess Humans Blood culture Abscess Travel biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Surgery Anti-Bacterial Agents Cephalosporins Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Abdomen Parasitology medicine.symptom business Tomography X-Ray Computed medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 61(1) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9637 |
| Popis: | We report a case of melioidosis with left adrenal gland abscess in a 51-year-old man from Taiwan who traveled to Rangoon, Burma for a four-day tour on July 15, 1997. The patient developed fever and left upper abdominal pain upon returning to Taiwan on July 19, 1997. Ten days after returning to Taiwan, he was admitted to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Keelung, Taiwan and blood culture on admission was positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei. Computerized tomography of the abdomen revealed left adrenal gland swelling and suppuration. Treatment with parenteral ceftazidime and cotrimoxazole for three weeks followed by two months of oral cotrimoxazole cured the infection. The patient remained asymptomatic at 12 months follow-up. |
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