MELIOIDOSIS: VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS: CASE REPORT
Abstract
Melioidosis is caused by a free-living gram negative, aerobic bacillus Burkholderia Pseudomallei that is widespread in southeast Asia and northern Australia. It is characterized by abscess formation in the lung, liver, spleen and skeletal muscle with the lung being the most commonly involved organ. The clinical features are variable from rapidly progressing septicemia to chronic debilitating abscess-forming disease. Osteomyelitis,especially vertebral osteomyelitis, is a relatively rare manifestation of melioidosis. We report a case of melioidosis presenting as vertebral osteomyelitis .
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