Reactivation of latent melioidosis presenting with acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia

We report an interesting case involving an 81-year-old male patient who presented to our hospital with sepsis secondary to pyelonephritis and bacteremia. Blood cultures were positive for a Gram-negative bacillus, Burkholderia pseudomallei. His risk factors were diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonar...

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Autores principales:	Hamid Shaaban, Rabih Hallit, Jihad Slim, Aruna Sree, John W Sensakovic
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2014
Materias:	bacteremia latent melioidosis pyelonephritis Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:42941b084c5c44bcab04f36a334830a72021-12-02T17:59:10ZReactivation of latent melioidosis presenting with acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia2231-07702249-446410.4103/2231-0770.127418https://doaj.org/article/42941b084c5c44bcab04f36a334830a72014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.127418https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464We report an interesting case involving an 81-year-old male patient who presented to our hospital with sepsis secondary to pyelonephritis and bacteremia. Blood cultures were positive for a Gram-negative bacillus, Burkholderia pseudomallei. His risk factors were diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease including travel to an endemic area. The patient received antibiotic therapy in accordance with the national guidelines. This is the first report of reactivation of latent melioidosis in the literature manifesting as pyelonephritis and bacteremia.Hamid ShaabanRabih HallitJihad SlimAruna SreeJohn W SensakovicThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlebacteremialatent melioidosispyelonephritisMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 04, Iss 01, Pp 20-21 (2014)
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spellingShingle	bacteremia latent melioidosis pyelonephritis Medicine R Hamid Shaaban Rabih Hallit Jihad Slim Aruna Sree John W Sensakovic Reactivation of latent melioidosis presenting with acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia
description	We report an interesting case involving an 81-year-old male patient who presented to our hospital with sepsis secondary to pyelonephritis and bacteremia. Blood cultures were positive for a Gram-negative bacillus, Burkholderia pseudomallei. His risk factors were diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease including travel to an endemic area. The patient received antibiotic therapy in accordance with the national guidelines. This is the first report of reactivation of latent melioidosis in the literature manifesting as pyelonephritis and bacteremia.
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author	Hamid Shaaban Rabih Hallit Jihad Slim Aruna Sree John W Sensakovic
author_facet	Hamid Shaaban Rabih Hallit Jihad Slim Aruna Sree John W Sensakovic
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title	Reactivation of latent melioidosis presenting with acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia
title_short	Reactivation of latent melioidosis presenting with acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia
title_full	Reactivation of latent melioidosis presenting with acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia
title_fullStr	Reactivation of latent melioidosis presenting with acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia
title_full_unstemmed	Reactivation of latent melioidosis presenting with acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia
title_sort	reactivation of latent melioidosis presenting with acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia
publisher	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/42941b084c5c44bcab04f36a334830a7
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Reactivation of latent melioidosis presenting with acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia

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