Acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting
In Malaysia, melioidosis is commonly encountered as this infection is known as part of the endemic area for the disease. Managing cases of positive Burkholderia pseudomallei infection can involve multidisciplinary unit mainly, microbiologist, infectious disease team and intensive care as it may be...
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| author | Zainal Abidinan, Huda Muhd Besari, Alwi Nadarajan, Chandran Wan Shukeri, Wan Fadzlina Mazlan, Mohd Zulfakar Soon, Eu Chong Ayub, Zeti Norfidiyati Salmuna |
| author_facet | Zainal Abidinan, Huda Muhd Besari, Alwi Nadarajan, Chandran Wan Shukeri, Wan Fadzlina Mazlan, Mohd Zulfakar Soon, Eu Chong Ayub, Zeti Norfidiyati Salmuna |
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| description | In Malaysia, melioidosis is commonly encountered as this infection is known as part of the endemic area
for the disease. Managing cases of positive Burkholderia pseudomallei infection can involve
multidisciplinary unit mainly, microbiologist, infectious disease team and intensive care as it may be
quite difficult to distinguish melioidosis from a number of other diseases on the clinical setting alone.
Laboratory diagnosis plays a vital role in determining the direction of management. Investigations such
as culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serology should be evaluated once the disease is
suspected. In this particular case, the patient is a young adult involved in a road traffic accident. Unlike
any other cases with melioidosis, he had no potential risk factors which may have contributed to the
severity of the disease and it is likely that the site of the accident was the source of acquisition of this
gram negative bacterium. |
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| spelling | usm-367752017-09-26T06:28:30Z http://eprints.usm.my/36775/ Acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting Zainal Abidinan, Huda Muhd Besari, Alwi Nadarajan, Chandran Wan Shukeri, Wan Fadzlina Mazlan, Mohd Zulfakar Soon, Eu Chong Ayub, Zeti Norfidiyati Salmuna R5-130.5 General works In Malaysia, melioidosis is commonly encountered as this infection is known as part of the endemic area for the disease. Managing cases of positive Burkholderia pseudomallei infection can involve multidisciplinary unit mainly, microbiologist, infectious disease team and intensive care as it may be quite difficult to distinguish melioidosis from a number of other diseases on the clinical setting alone. Laboratory diagnosis plays a vital role in determining the direction of management. Investigations such as culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serology should be evaluated once the disease is suspected. In this particular case, the patient is a young adult involved in a road traffic accident. Unlike any other cases with melioidosis, he had no potential risk factors which may have contributed to the severity of the disease and it is likely that the site of the accident was the source of acquisition of this gram negative bacterium. Elsevier 2017 Article PeerReviewed Zainal Abidinan, Huda and Muhd Besari, Alwi and Nadarajan, Chandran and Wan Shukeri, Wan Fadzlina and Mazlan, Mohd Zulfakar and Soon, Eu Chong and Ayub, Zeti Norfidiyati Salmuna (2017) Acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting. IDCases , 8. pp. 63-65. ISSN 2214-2509 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250917300276 |
| spellingShingle | R5-130.5 General works Zainal Abidinan, Huda Muhd Besari, Alwi Nadarajan, Chandran Wan Shukeri, Wan Fadzlina Mazlan, Mohd Zulfakar Soon, Eu Chong Ayub, Zeti Norfidiyati Salmuna Acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting |
| title | Acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting |
| title_full | Acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting |
| title_fullStr | Acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting |
| title_short | Acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting |
| title_sort | acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting |
| topic | R5-130.5 General works |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/36775/ http://eprints.usm.my/36775/ |