Infections in post-tsunami victims

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Oct;26(10):960-1. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181257234.

Abstract

Two tsunami survivors from Banda Acheh, Sumatra, presented with pyrexia of unknown origin and a nonresolving left-sided empyema, respectively. Both children had mixed infections of tuberculosis and melioidosis; Salmonella typhi was also present in the second patient. Mixed infections are common late sequela complications in post-tsunami victims.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Disasters*
  • Empyema / microbiology
  • Fever of Unknown Origin / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Indonesia
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Melioidosis / diagnosis*
  • Salmonella typhi / isolation & purification
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*