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A case of imported melioidosis presenting as prostatitis
A M Heyse1, J Dierick, H Vanhouteghem
1Dept of Internal Medicine, AZ Maria Middelares St-Jozef, Kortrijkse steenweg 1026, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. alexheyse@hotmail.com
Abstract:
We report a case of melioidosis in a previously healthy Belgian man. He presented with septicemia and prostatic abscesses 1 week after a trip to Vietnam. Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from multiple hemocultures. He was treated successfully with intravenous ceftazidime and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, followed by a per-oral maintenance therapy of amoxicillin-clavulanate with supplementary amoxicillin. There was no need for surgical drainage. This is the second reported case of melioidosis in Belgium.
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