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ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2013

Melioidosis with a Pericardial Effusion, which Relapsed as a Chest Wall Abscess: A Rare Presentation.

Rashmi Teresa Mathai K, K Sundara Bhat, Mohammed Ashraf, Mayank Sarawag, Kumar K P

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Article in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Melioidosis and the Heart: A Systematic Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2020
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Splenic granuloma: Melioidosis or Tuberculosis?Journal of family medicine and primary care
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rashmi Teresa Mathai KSenior Resident, Father Muller Medical College , Kankanady, Mangalore-575002, Karnataka, India .
K Sundara Bhat
Mohammed Ashraf
Mayank Sarawag
Kumar K P
Father Muller Medical College Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melioidosis, which is caused by a soil saprophyte, Burkholderia pseudomallei, is most prevalent in the south-west coast of India. Although it is frequently seen in immunocompromised patients, melioidosis can occur in apparently normal individuals. Melioidosis can involve almost any organ. A relapse of melioidosis is usually associated with a poor adherence to the eradication therapy, a multifocal involvement and bacteraemia. A relapsing melioidosis is usually known to follow a similar pattern of organ involvement in the first and second episodes of the infection. We are discussing here, a rare case of melioidosis in a 38-year-old construction-worker, with no risk factors, who presented initially with a pericardial effusion. It relapsed 6 months after he completed the prescribed eradication therapy for 3 months, as an anterior chest wall abscess. The author recommends a high index of suspicion for the relapsed melioidosis cases, inspite of the primary episode being non-bacteraemic and compliant with the recommended therapy, in order to avoid further complications.

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Chest wall abscessMelioidosisPericardial effusionRelapse

Identifiers

PMID23730667
PMCPMC3644465
OpenAlexW1558323752

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