Persistent Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteremia in A Filipino Immigrant to the United States: A Case Report

Melioidosis is rare in the United States and endemic to Southeast Asia and Australia. Treatment includes an initial intensive phase of intravenous ceftazidime or meropenem monotherapy depending on severity. The following report describes a case of persistent bacteremia with ceftazidime failure and p...

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Autores principales: Meraj, Sumbul, Rodenberg, Brandy, Thannum, Stephanie, Sheley, Jared, Foreman, Jena
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6473904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30696064
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4010020
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author Meraj, Sumbul
Rodenberg, Brandy
Thannum, Stephanie
Sheley, Jared
Foreman, Jena
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description Melioidosis is rare in the United States and endemic to Southeast Asia and Australia. Treatment includes an initial intensive phase of intravenous ceftazidime or meropenem monotherapy depending on severity. The following report describes a case of persistent bacteremia with ceftazidime failure and prolonged meropenem therapy on a ceftazidime-susceptible strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei.
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spelling pubmed-64739042019-04-29 Persistent Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteremia in A Filipino Immigrant to the United States: A Case Report Meraj, Sumbul Rodenberg, Brandy Thannum, Stephanie Sheley, Jared Foreman, Jena Trop Med Infect Dis Case Report Melioidosis is rare in the United States and endemic to Southeast Asia and Australia. Treatment includes an initial intensive phase of intravenous ceftazidime or meropenem monotherapy depending on severity. The following report describes a case of persistent bacteremia with ceftazidime failure and prolonged meropenem therapy on a ceftazidime-susceptible strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei. MDPI 2019-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6473904/ /pubmed/30696064 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4010020 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Persistent Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteremia in A Filipino Immigrant to the United States: A Case Report
title Persistent Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteremia in A Filipino Immigrant to the United States: A Case Report
title_full Persistent Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteremia in A Filipino Immigrant to the United States: A Case Report
title_fullStr Persistent Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteremia in A Filipino Immigrant to the United States: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Persistent Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteremia in A Filipino Immigrant to the United States: A Case Report
title_short Persistent Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteremia in A Filipino Immigrant to the United States: A Case Report
title_sort persistent burkholderia pseudomallei bacteremia in a filipino immigrant to the united states: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6473904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30696064
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4010020
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