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- Title
Melioidosis: It is not Far from here.
- Authors
Darazam, Ilad Alavi; Kiani, Arda; Ghasemi, Shahin; Sadeghi, Hosein; Alavi, Farhad; Moosavi, Mohammad Jafar; Akbari, Asghar; Shahidi, Mojtaba; Jalali, Mehran; Pourfarziani, Vahid; Saba, Hossein; Nazari, Shahram; Mohammadi, Forozan; Mansouri, Seyed Davood
- Abstract
In the modern world, with developed traveling facilities, tourism is an important factor in emerging new infectious diseases in non-endemic areas. Therefore, the epidemiology of infections is a considerable issue for physicians and should be taken into account. We report a case of melioidosis in a 69-year-old Iranian man during his trip to Southeast Asia. On admission, he was febrile with tachycardia and tachypnea and had diabetes mellitus and hypertension since eleven years ago. Bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) were performed. Blood and BAL cultures revealed heavy growth of Burkholderia pseudomallei. According to the aforementioned culture results, the patient was treated with meropenem and TMP-SMX, while other antibiotics were discontinued. After 3 weeks, the patient was discharged with stable status and normal pulmonary function; and eradication therapy with TMP-SMX continued for about 3 months. The control lung CT scan after one month demonstrated significant improvement.
- Subjects
MELIOIDOSIS; BURKHOLDERIA infections; GLANDERS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHI examination; ENDOSCOPY
- Publication
Tanaffos, 2011, Vol 10, Issue 4, p64
- ISSN
1735-0344
- Publication type
Article