A fatal case of melioidosis with pancytopenia in a traveler from Indonesia

Yuichi Katanami; Satoshi Kutsuna; Atsuko Horino; Takehiro Hashimoto; Yoshikazu Mutoh; Kei Yamamoto; Nozomi Takeshita; Kayoko Hayakawa; Shuzo Kanagawa; Yasuyuki Kato; Norio Ohmagari

doi:10.1016/j.jiac.2016.08.017

A fatal case of melioidosis with pancytopenia in a traveler from Indonesia

J Infect Chemother. 2017 Apr;23(4):241-244. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2016.08.017. Epub 2016 Oct 5.

Affiliations

¹ Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: ykatanami@hosp.ncgm.go.jp.
² Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan.
³ Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.

PMID: 27720346
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2016.08.017

Abstract

Melioidosis, an infectious disease with high mortality, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, is endemic in southeast Asia and northern Australia. In Indonesia, autochthonous cases have been rarely reported, with most cases being sporadic and occurring in travelers. Herein, we report a fatal case of neurological melioidosis in a traveler from Indonesia presenting with septic shock.

Keywords: Brain abscess; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Neurological melioidosis; Neutropenia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Burkholderia pseudomallei / pathogenicity
Humans
Indonesia
Male
Melioidosis / complications*
Melioidosis / mortality*
Pancytopenia / etiology*
Pancytopenia / mortality*
Shock, Septic / etiology
Shock, Septic / mortality