title: Melioidosis pneumonia and blast injury.
abstract: We present the case of a 24-year-old woman with acute septicemic melioidosis resulting from inhaled infective dust during a blast injury. With appropriate antibiotic treatment and supportive therapy in the ICU, the patient made an uneventful recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Delilkan
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D004391:Dust; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D004391:Dust