title: Neurologic Melioidosis: Case Report of a Rare Cause of Acute Flaccid Paralysis.
abstract: Acute flaccid paralysis is associated with inflammation, infection, or tumors in the spinal cord or peripheral nerves. Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei infection) can rarely cause this presentation. We describe a case of spinal melioidosis in a 4-year-old boy presenting with flaccid paralysis, and review the literature on this rare disease.
authors.affiliation: Children's Neurosciences Center, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: erik.andersen@rch.org.au.
authors.forename: Erik W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.affiliation: Children's Neurosciences Center, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Mackay
authors.affiliation: Children's Neurosciences Center, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Monique M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia / Q000382:microbiology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000382:microbiology*