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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Melioidosis presenting as septicaemia and facial nerve palsy
  1. Tessa Antony1,
  2. Swathy Moorthy2,
  3. Anbumani Narayanaswamy1,
  4. Preetam Arthur2
  1. 1Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra University Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  2. 2Department of General Medicine, Sri Ramachandra University Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Tessa Antony, drtessa82{at}gmail.com

Summary

A 43-year-old farmer presented with acute onset pneumonia, septicaemia and peripheral facial nerve palsy (left side). Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from the blood culture of the patient. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous meropenem and oral cotrimoxazole for 2 weeks followed by maintenance therapy with cotrimoxazole. The case is reported to increase awareness among the clinicians and microbiologists regarding melioidosis.

  • infections
  • respiratory system

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221268

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors TA: involved in writing the article, summary, background and conclusion. SM: involved in writing the article, case presentation,and getting consent from patient. AN: involved in collecting microbiological data. PA: involved in writing the article, background and overview.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.