A rare cause of septic arthritis: melioidosis.
Melioidosis is a pyogenic infection with high mortality caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. As the clinical presentation is not distinctive, a high index of clinical suspicion is required for diagnosis. We present a case of a 50-year-old farmer who was diabetic and a chronic alcoholic, who presented to us with pneumonia, followed by septic arthritis. He was ultimately diagnosed as having melioidosis.
Jaffna Teaching Hospital, 7/111 Temple Lane, Temple Road, Maharagama, Colombo 10280, Sri Lanka. arunacarl@yahoo.com.
Aruna Sanjeewa
AS
Caldera
Thirunavukarasu
T
Kumanan
Enoka
E
Corea
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged
Bacterial infection; disease