Occlusive retinal vasculitis in an immunocompetent woman: rare presentation of ocular melioidosis

• Main Authors: Huwaina Abdul Satar, Muhammad Ikmal Mohamad Kamil, Rosiah Muda, Liza Sharmini Ahmad Tajudin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Kugler Publications 2021
• Subjects: RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32049/1/Occlusive%20retinal%20vasculitis%20in%20an%20immunocompetent%20woman.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32049/2/Occlusive%20retinal%20vasculitis%20in%20an%20immunocompetent%20woman1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32049/; https://myjo.org/index.php/myjo/article/view/214/111; https://doi.org/10.35119/myjo.v3i3.214

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a known great mimicker responsible for melioidosis. Melioidosis presents with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations in various organs including the eye. Ocular involvement in melioidosis is unusual, with eyelid and orbital infection as the commonest presentation. We...