Variable presentation of neurological melioidosis in Northeast Thailand.
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.
Limmathurotsakul
Direk
D
Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. direk@tropmedres.ac
Chaowagul
Wipada
W
Wongsrikaew
Prawatwong
P
Narmwong
Arhtitpong
A
Day
Nicholas P
NP
Peacock
Sharon J
SJ
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002442:Ceftazidime