title: Cutaneous melioidosis in a man who was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese during World War II.
abstract: Melioidosis, an infection caused by the gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei, is endemic to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. Human infection is acquired through contact with contaminated water via percutaneous inoculation. Clinical manifestations range from skin and soft tissue infection to pneumonia with sepsis. We report a case of a man who was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese during World War II who presented with a nonhealing ulcer on his right hand 62 years after the initial exposure.
authors.affiliation: Wiford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, USA. viseth.ngauy@andrews.af.mil.
authors.forename: Viseth
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ngauy
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lemeshev
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sadkowski
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D011329:Prisoners; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014728:Veterans; D047789:World War II