Septicaemic Melioidosis:
Case Report from a
Non-Endemic Area
Published: December 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.5257
Smita Sood, Raghuvir Singh Khedar, Shabbar HK Joad, Rajeev Gupta
1. Senior Microbiologist, Department of Laboratory Medicine (SRL Ltd.),Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
2. Senior Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital ,Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
3. Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Critical Care, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
4. Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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.
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