Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a healthy adult from a rural area of South India.
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2012-10
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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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Burkholderia pseudomallei, localized trauma, melioidosis
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Anandraj Vaithy K, Priyadharshini Anbarasu, Sunil Shivekar S, Ambedkar Raj K. Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a healthy adult from a rural area of South India. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2012 Oct-Dec 55(4): 578-579.