Melioidosis pneumonia and blast injury.
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.
Wang
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Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
Yap
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Delilkan
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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
D004391:Dust