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11244616

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
Severe infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei (formerly Pseudomonas pseudomallei), the bacterium causing melioidosis, is a common cause of acquired septicaemia in south-east Asia and northern Australia. A few cases of infected travellers returning to European countries have been reported. Melioidosis is a tropical disease, the clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic infection to fulminant sepsis. Predisposing conditions such as impaired cellular immunity, preexisting renal failure or diabetes mellitus seem to enhance the severity of the disease. For a definite diagnosis the bacterium has to be isolated. The antimicrobial treatment of choice is ceftazidime in combination with co-trimoxazole or doxycycline. Even with correct antibiotic treatment the mortality rate is high in cases of fulminant sepsis. We report a 29-year old man with Type I diabetes who acquired melioidosis during a vacation in Thailand. After returning to Austria he was admitted to the intensive care unit with multiple organ failure. Despite intensive care treatment the patient's infection proved lethal. Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from the blood and bronchoalveolar lavage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0043-5325
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
112
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
892-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Fulminant septic melioidosis after a vacation in Thailand.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Medicine, KA Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports