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SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF A CASE OF PULMONARY AND PERICARDIAL MELIOIDOSIS
Author(s) -
MAJID ALJAFRI ABDUL
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/ans.1990.60.2.139
Subject(s) - medicine , melioidosis , tamponade , cardiac tamponade , surgery , pericardium , pathology
A 35 year old diabetic presented with features of septicaemia and developed cardiac tamponade. He was found to have pulmonary, acute septicaemic and pericardial melioidosis. Some initial improvement was achieved with medical therapy but only with surgical intervention was a successful outcome achieved.