Melioidosis imported into Nepal

Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(1):64-6. doi: 10.1080/00365540410026040.

Abstract

This is a report of the first recognized case of melioidosis in Nepal. Illness began 1 month after returning from Malaysia after a 1 y stay. The case highlights the importance of ascertaining the travel history in any patient with a suspected infectious disease in this age of global travel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei / isolation & purification
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melioidosis / diagnosis*
  • Melioidosis / drug therapy
  • Melioidosis / physiopathology
  • Nepal
  • Travel*
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination