title: Clinical manifestations of melioidosis in children.
abstract: Fifty-five children with culture-proved melioidosis treated at Srinagarind Hospital from 1979 to 1993 were retrospectively reviewed. Twenty patients had septicemia and 35 patients had localized infection. Eleven patients (55%) in the septicemic group had underlying diseases but none in the localized infection group. In the septicemic patients the most common organ involvement was the lung (75%). Shock was present in 45% and the case fatality rate was very high (60%). In localized melioidosis suppurative parotitis was the most common manifestation (40%). Other common infections included skin and subcutaneous abscesses and lymphadenitis. There was no shock or death in this group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lumbiganon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Viengnondha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination