title: Melioidosis presenting as Fever and jaundice: a rare presentation.
abstract: Melioidosis caused by the environmental Gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei is endemic in northern Australia and Southeast Asia and is being described increasingly from south and west coastal regions of India. Melioidosis is known to have high mortality (14-50%) and the risk factors associated with it are diabetes mellitus and heavy alcohol abuse. Melioidosis primarily presents as pneumonia, genitourinary infection and bacteremia. We present a case of Melioidosis from North India, a 56-year-old diabetic male, presenting with fever and jaundice. His blood culture was positive for the B. pseudomallei. The hepatic involvement was in the form of jaundice with serum bilirubin value of more than 12 mg/dL, hepatic enzymes more than ten times high and without hepatic abscess. He improved with intravenous antibiotics with complete normalization of liver function tests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060, India.
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tyagi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060, India.
authors.forename: Vinit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060, India.
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060, India.
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060, India.
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singla
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060, India.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060, India.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arora
keywords: ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotranferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; Burkholderia pseudomallei; DLC, differential leukocyte count; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Gram-negative bacilli; Hb, hemoglobin; WBC, white blood count; Whitmore's disease; febrile illness; icterus; pseudoglanders