The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
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J Assoc Physicians India · Jun 2012
Case ReportsDisseminated melioidosis presenting as septic arthritis.
Melioidosis is an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. The disease is known as a remarkable imitator due to the wide and variable clinical spectrum of its manifestations. ⋯ We report a case of melioidosis in a 52 year male with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) presenting with a rare combination of septic arthritis and abscesses in the chest wall, liver and subcutaneous tissue. The patient responded to prolonged treatment of intravenous ceftazidime followed by oral co-trimoxazole.