title: Variable presentation of neurological melioidosis in Northeast Thailand.
abstract: We describe three instructive cases of neurologic melioidosis that demonstrate the variable nature of clinical manifestations and disease pathology. The appropriate duration and choice of parenteral and oral antimicrobial therapy for neurologic melioidosis are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. direk@tropmedres.ac
authors.forename: Direk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Limmathurotsakul
authors.forename: Wipada
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chaowagul
authors.forename: Prawatwong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wongsrikaew
authors.forename: Arhtitpong
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Narmwong
authors.forename: Nicholas P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Sharon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Peacock
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002442:Ceftazidime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020806:Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013785:Thailand; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002442:Ceftazidime