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A Case of Imported Melioidosis Presenting as Prostatitis

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We report a case of melioidosis in a previously healthy Belgian man. He presented with septicemia and prostatic abscesses 1 week after a trip to Vietnam. Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from multiple hemocultures. He was treated successfully with intravenous ceftazidime and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, followed by a per-oral maintenance therapy of amoxicillin-clavulanate with supplementary amoxicillin. There was no need for surgical drainage. This is the second reported case of melioidosis in Belgium.

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  1. Dept. of Internal Medicine, AZ Maria Middelares St-Jozef, Kortrijkse steenweg 1026, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. alexheyse@hotmail.com, , , , , , BE

    A. M. Heyse, D. Baert & P. Burvenich

  2. Dept. of Clinical Biology, AZ Maria Middelares St-Jozef, Ghent, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    J. Dierick & H. Vanhouteghem

  3. Dept. of Urology, AZ Maria Middelares St-Jozef, Ghent, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    F. Ameye

  4. Dept. of Microbiology, UCL (Université Catholique de Louvain), Ave. Hippoccrate 54, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    G. Wauters

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Received: July 30, 2001 · Revision accepted: April 23, 2002

A. M. Heyse (corresponding author)

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Heyse, A., Dierick, J., Vanhouteghem, H. et al. A Case of Imported Melioidosis Presenting as Prostatitis. Infection 31, 60–62 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-002-2112-3

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