[Tropical pneumonia: pulmonary melioidosis].
Melioidosis is a disease that is endemic in North Australia and Southeast Asia, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. This Gram-negative organism can affect all organs, but presents most commonly as severe pneumonia. We report a 58-year-old man who presented with a B. pseudomallei pneumonia on his return from Thailand. Radiography revealed a complete disappearance of symptoms after a 3-week therapy with ceftazidime and doxycycline followed by 4 months of combined amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and doxycycline therapy. No relapse had occurred 18 months later.
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Service de pneumologie, hôpital Bretonneau, CHRU de Tours, université François-Rabelais, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours cedex 9, France. guillel@free.fr
Holstein
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Azzouz
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Favelle
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Lanotte
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Diot
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D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013785:Thailand; D014195:Travel