Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2017;16(9):852-854

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1671-9638.2017.09.015

Non-diabetic pulmonary melioidosis: one case report and literature review

Chunli GUAN ; Donghui CHEN ; Dongsheng HUANG ; Licheng CHEN ; Chaowen HE ; Lianhui SU ; Keying PENG ; Fan YANG

Keywords

pulmonary; melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; diabetes mellitus

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Melioidosis is a endemic infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, and is considered one of the major causes of fatal pneumonia and sepsis.This paper reports diagnosis and treatment course of one case pulmonary melioidosis, and reviews the related literatures, so to improve clinical workers'' understanding towards melioidosis, avoid misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis.