Acute disseminated melioidosis giving rise to pneumonia and renal abscesses complicated with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a post partum woman: a case report

BACKGROUND: Melioidosis is an established endemic infection in Sri Lanka, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a gram negative bacterium distributed in saprophytes in soil and surface water. Main mode of transmission is via percutaneous inoculation. Pneumonia is the most common presentation in acute...

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Autores principales: Wijewickrama, Piyumi Sachindra Alwis, Weerakoon, Rohini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29187254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2997-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29187254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2997-7

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