Open AccessBurkholderia pseudomallei infection in a healthy adult from a rural area of South India
Author(s) -
Vaithy K Anandraj,
Anbarasu Priyadharshini,
Shivekar S Sunil,
Raj Kulandai Velu Ambedkar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.107829
Subject(s) - burkholderia pseudomallei , melioidosis , medicine , disease , mortality rate , antimicrobial , lesion , dermatology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics
Melioidosis is an emerging disease producing protean manifestations, and is more common in alcoholics and diabetics. The disease can be a trivial localized lesion or a fatal septicemia. Early diagnosis and appropriate antimicrobial treatment greatly reduces the mortality rate. We report a case of localized form of the disease in an elderly male with no known predisposing medical disease who responded well to oral amoxycillin-clavulanic acid and cotrimoxazole treatment.