A Case Report of Melioidotic Prostatic Abscess in a Traveler

Jorge L Verdecia; Christopher A Jankowski; Carmen L Isache; Chad D Neilsen; Yvette S McCarter; Michael L Sands; Malleswari Ravi

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac284

A Case Report of Melioidotic Prostatic Abscess in a Traveler

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 4;9(7):ofac284. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac284. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Authors

Jorge L Verdecia¹, Christopher A Jankowski², Carmen L Isache¹, Chad D Neilsen³, Yvette S McCarter⁴, Michael L Sands¹, Malleswari Ravi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
² Department of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
³ Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Abstract

A 48-year-old man who had returned from Panama 5 weeks prior presented with fever, dysuria, hematuria, flank pain, and suprapubic pain and was found to have a prostatic abscess. Abscess fluid obtained during transurethral drainage grew Burkholderia pseudomallei. Blood cultures remained negative, and imaging did not show any other visceral abscess. This presentation of primary prostatic melioidosis is extremely rare in this region.

Keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; melioidosis; meropenem; prostatic abscess; traveler-related disease; trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

Publication types

Case Reports