Melioidosis Brain and Lung Abscess After Travel to Sri Lanka

Melioidosis is an infection caused by the soil and water bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is endemic in Southeast Asia and Northeast Australia. Occasionally tourists who have traveled for a limited period in an area of endemicity, such as the northern part of Thailand, may develop me...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 1999-04, Vol.28 (4), p.921-922
Main Authors: Peetermans, Willy E., Van Wijngaerden, Eric, Van Eldere, Johan, Verhaegen, Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
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Antibiotics
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis
Biological and medical sciences
Brain abscess
Brain Diseases - diagnosis
Brain Diseases - microbiology
Brief Reports
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Burkholderia pseudomallei - isolation & purification
Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections - diagnosis
Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Lung Abscess - microbiology
Male
Medical sciences
Melioidosis
Melioidosis - diagnosis
Melioidosis - microbiology
Sri Lanka
Travel
Tropical medicine
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Summary:Melioidosis is an infection caused by the soil and water bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is endemic in Southeast Asia and Northeast Australia. Occasionally tourists who have traveled for a limited period in an area of endemicity, such as the northern part of Thailand, may develop melioidosis. Herein, we describe a patient who had acute melioidosis, with necrotizing pneumonia and a brain abscess, that occurred after travel to Sri Lanka, a region that was considered nonendemic.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/517247