Case of misdiagnosed melioidosis from Hue city, Vietnam
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Hoang Bach Nguyen
,
Thi Khanh Linh Nguyen
,
Thi Thuy Ung
,
Thi Thao Nhi Mai
,
Thi Nhu Hoa Tran
,
Viet Quynh Tram Ngo
,
Van An Le
Abstract
Melioidosis is an emerging infection, a potentially fatal tropical disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei in humans and animals, endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Diagnosis remains problematic due to its similarity to many other infections. The lack of clinical awareness and correct microbiological diagnosis contributes to the misidentification of melioidosis. We present a melioidosis case, which was misdiagnosed with pneumonia and septicemia due to Aeromonas salmonicida, leading to ineffective prolonged-course antibiotic treatment for the patient.
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4. Trinh TT, Nguyen LDN, Nguyen TV, Tran CX, Le AV, Nguyen HV, et al. Melioidosis in Vietnam: recently improved recognition but still an uncertain disease burden after almost a century of reporting. Trop Med Infect Dis 2018; 3: 39.
5. Inglis TJJ. The treatment of melioidosis. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2010; 3: 1296-1303.
6. Singh M, Mahmood M. Melioidosis: the great mimicker. J Community Hosp Inter Med Perspect 2017; 7: 245-247.
7. Mukhopadhyay A, Lee KH, Tambyah PA. Bacteraemic melioidosis pneumonia: impact on outcome, clinical and radiological features. J Infect 2004; 48: 334-338.
8. Wilks D, Jacobson SK, Lever AM, Farrington M. Fatal melioidosis in a tourist returning from Thailand. J Infect 1994; 29: 87-90.
9. Jin JL, Ning YX. Septicemic melioidosis: a case report and literature review. J Thorac Dis 2014; 6(2): E1-E4.
10. Lau SK, Sridhar S, Ho CC, Chow WN, Lee KC, Lam CW, et al. Laboratory diagnosis of melioidosis: Past, present and future. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2015; 240: 742-751.
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14. Hodgson K, Engler C, Govan B, Ketheesan N, Norton R. Comparison of routine bench and molecular diagnostic methods in identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei. J Clin Microbiol 2009; 47: 1578-1580.
15. Gee JE, Sacchi CT, Glass MB, De BK, Weyant RS, Levett PN, et al. Use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing for rapid identification and differentiation of Burkholderiapseudomallei and B. mallei. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41: 4647-4654.
16. Srinivasan R, Karaoz U, Volegova M, MacKichan J, Kato-Maeda M, Miller S, et al. Use of 16S rRNA gene for identification of a broad range of clinically relevant bacterial pathogens. PLoS One 2015; 10(2): e0117617.
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| Issue | Vol 14 No 3 (2022) | |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/ijm.v14i3.9796 | |
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| Diagnostic errors; Melioidosis; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Aeromonas salmonicida; 16S ribosomal RNA | ||
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Nguyen H, Linh Nguyen TK, Ung TT, Nhi Mai TT, Hoa Tran TN, Tram Ngo VQ, An Le V. Case of misdiagnosed melioidosis from Hue city, Vietnam. Iran J Microbiol. 2022;14(3):430-433.
