Rubiera JR, Guanche GH, Villanueva AA, Guilarte GE

Language: Spanish
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Page: 75-80
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ABSTRACT

Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a facultative intracellular gramnegative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei, found in soil and water. It is of importance for public health in endemic areas, especially Southeast Asia. Cases have been described outside the endemic regions, mostly acquired by visitors to these areas. The case is presented of a male patient with respiratory symptoms, elements of sepsis and volumetric contraction, in which the diagnosis of onset diabetes mellitus and community-acquired pneumonia, while Burkholderia pseudomallei was finally isolated in hemoculture. The recommended treatment was started according to the antibiogram, observing the patient's satisfactory evolution.