title: Septicemic melioidosis: a case report and literature review.
abstract: This report was about a 22-year-old male patient who died from acute and severe septicemic melioidosis. He was initially misdiagnosed as having pneumonia in a local hospital in Hainan but transferred to Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital after ineffective treatment and detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei in his blood sample. Unfortunately, right diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of melioidosis had been delayed so that his condition deteriorated rapidly out of control. The victim's death highlights the importance of early diagnosis and effective antibiotic treatment of septicemic melioidosis in areas where this disease is prevalent.
authors.affiliation: 1 Central Intensive Care Unit, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Jinan University/Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou 510220, China ; 2 The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Jin-Lan
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: 1 Central Intensive Care Unit, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Jinan University/Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou 510220, China ; 2 The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Ying-Xia
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Ning
keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; Septicemic melioidosis; carbapenem; ceftazidime