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A Shobhana1, Ashis Datta2, Santosh Trivedi2
1Department- Critical Care and Neurology, Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Abstract:
Melioidosis is an emerging tropical disease. Central nervous system (CNS) melioidosis may present as a brain abscess or encephalomyelitis mimics tuberculosis. Early diagnosis and management decreases mortality as well as morbidity. This case of brain abscess and encephalomyelitis in a young man with no known comorbidities was a diagnostic challenge. The surgery helped in debulking as well as isolating the causative organism. Appropriate antibiotic therapy for melioidosis was lifesaving and prevented further complications.
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