TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary cutaneous melioidosis acquired in Nepal – Case report and literature review
AU - Kuijpers, Sander C.
AU - Klouwens, Michelle
AU - de Jong, Katja H.
AU - Langeslag, Jacqueline C. P.
AU - Kuipers, Saskia
AU - Reubsaet, Frans A. G.
AU - van Leeuwen, Ester M. M.
AU - de Bree, Godelieve J.
AU - Hovius, Joppe W.
AU - Grobusch, Martin P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - A 27 years-old Dutch male returning from Nepal presented with a painful abscess on the left forearm without fever or other systemic complications. Signs and symptoms consisted of culture of the abscess material revealed Burkholderia pseudomallei. Laboratory results, chest X-ray and CT scan of the abdomen were without abnormalities. The patient was initially treated with 2 weeks of ceftazidime and continued with a 6-week oral eradication phase with trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole. The patient recovered without complications. Melioidosis is encountered relatively infrequently as an imported condition, mainly from Southeast Asia with focus on Thailand. Melioidosis from Nepal is a rarity and has previously been described in only four cases, with possible acquisition abroad in three of those.
AB - A 27 years-old Dutch male returning from Nepal presented with a painful abscess on the left forearm without fever or other systemic complications. Signs and symptoms consisted of culture of the abscess material revealed Burkholderia pseudomallei. Laboratory results, chest X-ray and CT scan of the abdomen were without abnormalities. The patient was initially treated with 2 weeks of ceftazidime and continued with a 6-week oral eradication phase with trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole. The patient recovered without complications. Melioidosis is encountered relatively infrequently as an imported condition, mainly from Southeast Asia with focus on Thailand. Melioidosis from Nepal is a rarity and has previously been described in only four cases, with possible acquisition abroad in three of those.
KW - Burkholderia pseudomallei
KW - Cutaneous melioidosis
KW - Nepal
KW - Traveller
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85105343221&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102080
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102080
M3 - Article
C2 - 33933687
SN - 1477-8939
VL - 42
JO - Travel medicine and infectious disease
JF - Travel medicine and infectious disease
M1 - 102080
ER -