Septicaemic Melioidosis:
Case Report from a
Non-Endemic Area
DD01-DD02
Correspondence
Dr. Smita Sood,
3 Kha 4 A, Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan-302004, India.
Phone : 9414068853, E-mail : drsmitasood@yahoo.co.in
Melioidosis is a clinically diverse disease caused by the facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. In recent times melioidosis has been increasingly reported in India especially from the southern and coastal states. We report a fatal case of septicaemic melioidosis from the state of Rajasthan with a view to increase awareness about the existence of this disease in an area yet unrecognized.