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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul 4;9(7):ofac284.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac284. eCollection 2022 Jul.

A Case Report of Melioidotic Prostatic Abscess in a Traveler

Jorge L Verdecia  1 , Christopher A Jankowski  2 , Carmen L Isache  1 , Chad D Neilsen  3 , Yvette S McCarter  4 , Michael L Sands  1 , Malleswari Ravi  1
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A Case Report of Melioidotic Prostatic Abscess in a Traveler

Jorge L Verdecia et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

A 48-year-old man who had returned from Panama 5 weeks prior presented with fever, dysuria, hematuria, flank pain, and suprapubic pain and was found to have a prostatic abscess. Abscess fluid obtained during transurethral drainage grew Burkholderia pseudomallei. Blood cultures remained negative, and imaging did not show any other visceral abscess. This presentation of primary prostatic melioidosis is extremely rare in this region.

Keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; melioidosis; meropenem; prostatic abscess; traveler-related disease; trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

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Figure 1.
Computed tomography of the pelvis with intravenous contrast with axial (A) and sagittal (B) views. Arrows indicate multiloculated prostatic abscess.
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