A case of fatal septicaemic melioidosis from Odisha
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Septicaemic pulmonary melioidosis with cutaneous pustules.
A 51 year old diabetic man who worked as a ranger in a wildlife reserve in Jelebu, N egeri Sembilan, was admitted because of fever and non-productive cough which had started 8 days earlier. He was initially treated at a district hospital, followed by an admission to the general hospital of another state. When he became progressively breathless and developed widespread skin pustules he was trans...
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rose to 40 and more per minute on the second day. Pulse was of low tension and feeble and his general condition could be described as very low. Nothing abnormal was detected in the heart except that the sounds were feeble showing myocardial weakness. No abnormality was detected in the lungs. The spleen was not palpable. Considering the history of his having had dysentery before and the painful ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Gastroenterology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0250-636X
DOI: 10.7869/tg.416