Braga Marcus Davis Machado, Almeida Paulo Roberto Carvalho de
Departamento de Patologia e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2005 Jan-Feb;38(1):58-60. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000100012. Epub 2005 Jan 18.
An autopsied case is reported concerning fulminant sepsis with predominantly pulmonary lesions, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, etiologic agent of melioidosis, originating from interior of Ceará State, Northeastern Brazil where there had been no previous cases reported. Autopsy findings and differential diagnosis are discussed.
报告了一例尸检病例，该病例为暴发性败血症，主要肺部病变由类鼻疽病原体伪马鼻疽伯克霍尔德菌引起，该病例来自巴西东北部塞阿拉州内陆地区，此前该地区未报告过此类病例。文中讨论了尸检结果及鉴别诊断。
