A case of imported melioidosis presenting as prostatitis

Heyse, AM;Dierick, J;Vanhouteghem, H;Ameye, F.;Wauters, Georges;et.al.
(2003) Infection : journal of infectious disease — Vol. 31, n° 1, p. 60-62 (2003)

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  • Heyse, AM
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  • Dierick, J
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  • Vanhouteghem, H
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  • Ameye, F.
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  • Wauters, GeorgesUCLouvain
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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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Heyse, A., Dierick, J., Vanhouteghem, H., Ameye, F., Baert, D., Burvenich, P., & Wauters, G. (2003). A case of imported melioidosis presenting as prostatitis. Infection : journal of infectious disease, 31(1), 60-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-002-2112-3 (Original work published 2003)