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Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a healthy adult from a rural area of South India

Author(s) -

VaithyK Anandraj,

Anbarasu Priyadharshini,

ShivekarS Sunil,

RajK Ambedkar

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

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.

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