title: Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a healthy adult from a rural area of South India.
abstract: Melioidosis is an emerging disease producing protean manifestations, and is more common in alcoholics and diabetics. The disease can be a trivial localized lesion or a fatal septicemia. Early diagnosis and appropriate antimicrobial treatment greatly reduces the mortality rate. We report a case of localized form of the disease in an elderly male with no known predisposing medical disease who responded well to oral amoxycillin-clavulanic acid and cotrimoxazole treatment.
authors: Department of Pathology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Madagadipeth, Puducherry, India.
authors: Vaithy K
authors: VK
authors: Anandraj
authors: Anbarasu
authors: A
authors: Priyadharshini
authors: Shivekar S
authors: SS
authors: Sunil
authors: Raj K
authors: RK
authors: Ambedkar
mesh_terms: D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination