TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulmonary melioidosis in febrile neutropenia: The rare and deadly duet.
AU - Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay
AU - Chawla, Kiran
AU - Vandana, K. Eshwara
AU - Sushma, Krishna
AU - Saravu, Kavitha
PY - 2010/7/1
Y1 - 2010/7/1
N2 - We present the first
two fulminant cases of pulmonary melioidosis in febrile neutropenic patients
with acute and varied presentations seen in our institution and their fatal
outcome. A high index of suspicion coupled with microbiological confirmation
can facilitate the administration of the appropriate therapy in cases of
melioidosis that differ from other bacterial infections in terms of
presentation and the response to antimicrobials
AB - We present the first
two fulminant cases of pulmonary melioidosis in febrile neutropenic patients
with acute and varied presentations seen in our institution and their fatal
outcome. A high index of suspicion coupled with microbiological confirmation
can facilitate the administration of the appropriate therapy in cases of
melioidosis that differ from other bacterial infections in terms of
presentation and the response to antimicrobials
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U2 - 10.1258/td.2010.090461
DO - 10.1258/td.2010.090461
M3 - Article
C2 - 20478984
SN - 0004-5772
VL - 61
SP - 165
EP - 166
JO - The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
JF - The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
IS - 8
ER -
