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An unusual neurological complication from a garden‐variety organism: post‐melioidosis parkinsonism
Author(s) -
Ng Choon Seong,
Azmin Shahrul,
Law Zhe Kang,
Sahathevan Ramesh,
Wan Yahya Wan Nur Nafisah,
Remli Rabani,
Periyasamy Petrick,
Mohd Ibrahim Norlinah,
Tan Hui Jan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja14.00229
Subject(s) - kuala lumpur , medicine , traditional medicine , business , marketing
A 62-year-old man presented to our tertiary hospital’s emergency department with a 4-week history of fever associated with lethargy and constitutional symptoms. For 9 days before admission, he had been vomiting two to three times per day. He had longstanding diabetes and hypertension and worked for the local city council as a truck driver, transporting water to local gardens and public areas. About 2 months previously, he had sustained an abrasion on his left foot that had healed completely at time of presentation.

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