Variable presentation of neurological melioidosis in Northeast Thailand

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Jul;77(1):118-20.

Abstract

We describe three instructive cases of neurologic melioidosis that demonstrate the variable nature of clinical manifestations and disease pathology. The appropriate duration and choice of parenteral and oral antimicrobial therapy for neurologic melioidosis are also discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei / isolation & purification
  • Ceftazidime / therapeutic use
  • Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melioidosis / diagnosis*
  • Melioidosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Melioidosis / drug therapy
  • Melioidosis / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Thailand
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ceftazidime