Case Reports: experiences with empiricism in melioidosis

Melioidosis in Malaysia: A Review of Case Reports

BACKGROUND Melioidosis is a tropical infectious disease associated with significant mortality due to early onset of sepsis. OBJECTIVE We sought to review case reports of melioidosis from Malaysia. METHODS We conducted a computerized search of literature resources including PubMed, OVID, Scopus, MEDLINE and the COCHRANE database to identify published case reports from 1975 to 2015. We abstra...

A Case of Melioidosis

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 ...

unusual presentation of melioidosis in a case of pseudoaneurysm of descending thoracic aorta: review of two case reports

introduction melioidosis is a rapidly fatal infectious disease caused by burkholderia pseudomallei, an agent of potential biothreat, endemic in several parts of india. most melioidosis-induced infected aneurysms are located in the abdominal or thoracic aorta. case presentation we reported two unusual cases of melioidosis resulting in pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta. in both case...

Unusual Presentation of Melioidosis in a Case of Pseudoaneurysm of Descending Thoracic Aorta: Review of Two Case Reports

INTRODUCTION Melioidosis is a rapidly fatal infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, an agent of potential biothreat, endemic in several parts of India. Most melioidosis-induced infected aneurysms are located in the abdominal or thoracic aorta. CASE PRESENTATION We reported two unusual cases of melioidosis resulting in pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta. In both ca...

Equine Melioidosis in Iran