Open AccessSepticaemic Melioidosis: Case Report from a Non-Endemic Area
Author(s) -
Shilpa Sood,
Raghubir S Khedar,
Shabbar Hk Joad,
Rajeev Gupta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9684.5257
Subject(s) - melioidosis , burkholderia pseudomallei , facultative , burkholderia , intracellular parasite , disease , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , ecology , pathology , genetics
Melioidosis is a clinically diverse disease caused by the facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. In recent times melioidosis has been increasingly reported in India especially from the southern and coastal states. We report a fatal case of septicaemic melioidosis from the state of Rajasthan with a view to increase awareness about the existence of this disease in an area yet unrecognized.