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Tessa Antony1, Swathy Moorthy2, Anbumani Narayanaswamy1
1Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra University Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract:
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.
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