Abstract
Melioidosis has not been recognized previously in Laos, but within months of starting a prospective study of community acquired septicemia in Vientiane, 2 patients with melioidosis were identified. One was a previously healthy, 44-year-old female rice farmer who presented with supraclavicular lymphadenitis and the other was a 74-year-old man with diabetes and renal calculi who was receiving corticosteroids and had septicemia and septic arthritis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 653-4 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 2001 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Burkholderia pseudomallei/isolation & purification
- Female
- Humans
- Laos/epidemiology
- Male
- Melioidosis/diagnosis