Two Norwegian patients with melioidosis presenting with bacteraemia and splenic and prostatic abscesses

Liv Hesstvedt; Marianne Wilhelmsen; Anne Torunn Mengshoel; Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise

doi:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00550.x

Two Norwegian patients with melioidosis presenting with bacteraemia and splenic and prostatic abscesses

J Travel Med. 2011 Nov-Dec;18(6):418-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00550.x. Epub 2011 Oct 12.

Authors

Liv Hesstvedt¹, Marianne Wilhelmsen, Anne Torunn Mengshoel, Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway. Liv.Hesstvedt@oslo-universitetssykehus.no

PMID: 22017720
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00550.x

Abstract

Infections caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei are rare in nonendemic areas, such as Scandinavia. We report the first two cases of melioidosis in Norway presenting with bacteraemia and splenic and prostatic abscesses, respectively.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnosis
Abscess / etiology*
Abscess / microbiology
Adult
Bacteremia / diagnosis
Bacteremia / etiology*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Biopsy
Burkholderia pseudomallei / genetics
Burkholderia pseudomallei / isolation & purification*
Diagnosis, Differential
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Melioidosis / complications*
Melioidosis / diagnosis
Melioidosis / ethnology
Middle Aged
Norway
Prostatic Diseases / diagnosis
Prostatic Diseases / etiology*
Prostatic Diseases / microbiology
RNA, Bacterial / analysis
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Splenic Diseases / diagnosis
Splenic Diseases / etiology*
Splenic Diseases / microbiology
Sri Lanka / ethnology
Thailand / ethnology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Travel

Substances

RNA, Bacterial