Thomas Joe, Jayachandran Nambiar Veettil, Shenoy Chandrasekhara Pradeep Kumar, Lakshmi V, Narsimulu Gumdal
Department of Rheumatology, Nizam's Institute of Medical sciences, Panjagutta, Hyderabad, 500 082 Andhra Pradesh, India.
Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Dec;27 Suppl 2:S59-61. doi: 10.1007/s10067-008-0924-y. Epub 2008 May 28.
Melioidosis is an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. It is an important human pathogen in the tropical area. The clinical manifestations are protean with multisystem involvement. Septic arthritis and prostatic abscess are rare but well-recognized forms of the disease. Herein we report a case of melioidosis presenting with a rare combination of septic arthritis, prostatic abscess, and septicemia.
类鼻疽是由伯克霍尔德菌引起的一种感染。它是热带地区一种重要的人类病原体。其临床表现多样,可累及多个系统。化脓性关节炎和前列腺脓肿是该疾病罕见但已被充分认识的形式。在此,我们报告一例类鼻疽病例,其表现为化脓性关节炎、前列腺脓肿和败血症的罕见组合。