title: Cutaneous melioidosis in a healthy Danish man after travelling to South-East Asia.
abstract: A healthy Danish man presented with infected prepatellar bursitis 8 months after being involved in a car accident in Malaysia resulting in exposure of a laceration of his knee to stagnant water. Tissue samples grew Burkholderia pseudomallei and diagnostic work up revealed no secondary foci. The patient was successfully treated with surgical debridement and 3 months of oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. At 6 months follow-up the patient was without relapse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bodilsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedia, Hjørring Hospital, Hjørring, Denmark.
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Langgaard
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Hans Linde
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei; D002062:Bursitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D003646:Debridement; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014195:Travel; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination