Open AccessBurkholderia Cepacia in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus - An unusal Presentation
Author(s) -
Neeti Bhat,
Alina Karna,
Sameer Dutta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nepal journal of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2795-1812
pISSN - 2795-1618
DOI - 10.3126/njhs.v1i1.38736
Subject(s) - burkholderia , medicine , diabetes mellitus , abdominal pain , dysuria , gastroenterology , pneumonia , radiology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , endocrinology , urinary system , genetics
Burkholderia Cepacia is an aerobic gram-negative bacillus, rarely affects immunocompetent individuals, usually found in various aquatic environments. We present a case of a 45-year-old male with a known case of diabetes for five years. He presented with high-grade fever, dysuria, and abdominal pain. Routine tests, ultrasonography along together with high-resolution computed tomography was done. High Resolution Computed Tomography showed subtle ground-glass opacity of the superior segment of lingulae of the left lobe of the lungs. Real time polymerase chain reaction was advised to rule out Covid-19 infection, which was negative. Burkholderia Cepacia was identified in Cystine- Lactose-Electrolyte-Deficient Agar culture (CLED).