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Case Reports
. 2003 Jan;31(1):60-2.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-002-2112-3.

A case of imported melioidosis presenting as prostatitis

A M Heyse  1 , J Dierick, H Vanhouteghem, F Ameye, D Baert, P Burvenich, G Wauters
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A case of imported melioidosis presenting as prostatitis

A M Heyse et al. Infection. 2003 Jan.

Abstract

We report a case of melioidosis in a previously healthy Belgian man. He presented with septicemia and prostatic abscesses 1 week after a trip to Vietnam. Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from multiple hemocultures. He was treated successfully with intravenous ceftazidime and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, followed by a per-oral maintenance therapy of amoxicillin-clavulanate with supplementary amoxicillin. There was no need for surgical drainage. This is the second reported case of melioidosis in Belgium.

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