Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 4, Issue 1, 2019

Persistent burkholderia pseudomallei bacteremia in a Filipino immigrant to the United States: A case report (Article) (Open Access)

Meraj S.* , Rodenberg B. , Thannum S. , Sheley J. , Foreman J.
  • a HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, O'Fallon, IL 62269, United States
  • b HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, O'Fallon, IL 62269, United States
  • c HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, O'Fallon, IL 62269, United States
  • d HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, O'Fallon, IL 62269, United States, School of Pharmacy, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62025, United States
  • e HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, O'Fallon, IL 62269, United States

Abstract

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. © 2019 by the authors.

Author Keywords

Resistance Persistent bacteremia Melioidosis Ceftazidime Burkholderia pseudomallei

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075790459&doi=10.3390%2ftropicalmed4010020&partnerID=40&md5=d7bede2e3cc0f654f011428774d27805
DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed4010020
ISSN: 24146366
Original Language: English