Acute bacteremic pneumonia due to melioidosis developing in the intensive care setting

• Main Authors: Zainal Abidinan, Huda, Muhd Besari, Alwi, Nadarajan, Chandran, Wan Shukeri, Wan Fadzlina, Mazlan, Mohd Zulfakar, Soon, Eu Chong, Ayub, Zeti Norfidiyati Salmuna
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: R5-130.5 General works
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/36775/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250917300276

In Malaysia, melioidosis is commonly encountered as this infection is known as part of the endemic area for the disease. Managing cases of positive Burkholderia pseudomallei infection can involve multidisciplinary unit mainly, microbiologist, infectious disease team and intensive care as it may be...