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CNS Melioidosis in a Traveler Returning from Cabo, Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Melioidosis is caused by the gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei, endemic to northern Australia and Southeast Asia. We present a patient who traveled to Mexico, returned to the United States, and developed progressive manifestations of melioidosis, culminating as central nervous system disease. Standard therapy was contraindicated, and a prolonged intensive phase was employed.

SUBMITTER: Donahue MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377934 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Melioidosis is caused by the gram-negative bacillus <i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i>, endemic to northern Australia and Southeast Asia. We present a patient who traveled to Mexico, returned to the United States, and developed progressive manifestations of melioidosis, culminating as central nervous system disease. Standard therapy was contraindicated, and a prolonged intensive phase was employed. ...[more]

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