title: Acute septicemic melioidosis presenting with acute cholangitis.
abstract: Melioidosis is a disease prevalent in the tropics, especially in Southeast Asia. The most common clinical presentations are bacteremic pneumonia and abscess formation in various organs. Although a wide variety of disease presentations are reported for melioidosis, acute cholangitis has not been previously reported. Herein, we report a 54-year-old woman who had fever, right upper abdominal pain and jaundice 1 week after a flood caused by a typhoon in southern Taiwan. Acute cholangitis and pneumonia with septic shock caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei were subsequently diagnosed.
authors: Department of Infectious Disease, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, 1, E-Da Road, Jiau-Shu Tsuen, Yan-Chau Shiang, Kaohsiung County, 824, Taiwan.
authors: C-H
authors: CH
authors: Lai
authors: C-K
authors: CK
authors: Huang
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Chin
authors: W-F
authors: WF
authors: Chen
authors: Y-T
authors: YT
authors: Yang
authors: Y-L
authors: YL
authors: Chen
authors: H-H
authors: HH
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis; D013624:Taiwan