Case of paraspinal collection due to Burkholderia pseudomallei

Case of paraspinal collection due to Burkholderia pseudomallei

Case report This is a case of a 51-year-old Indian fisherman with a known case of DM TII and chronic hepatitis B infection, who presented with fever and generalised body pain for 10 days followed by spastic paraplegia.

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2013-10, Vol.2013, p.bcr2013201447
Hauptverfasser: Melikyan, Gayane, Badawi, Mohamed, Akhtar, Naveed, Elsetouhy, Ahmed Hassan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Epidural Abscess - complications
Epidural Abscess - diagnosis
Epidural Abscess - microbiology
Humans
Images In
Indian Sub-Continent
Infections
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Melioidosis - complications
Melioidosis - diagnosis
Middle Aged
Middle East
Mortality
Paralysis
Paraplegia - etiology
Paraplegia - microbiology
Thoracic Vertebrae
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Zusammenfassung:Case report This is a case of a 51-year-old Indian fisherman with a known case of DM TII and chronic hepatitis B infection, who presented with fever and generalised body pain for 10 days followed by spastic paraplegia.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2013-201447