Acute Septicemic Melioidosis

28 September 1970

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA)

Vol. 213 (13) , 2266-2267
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1970.03170390056015

Abstract

The acute septicemic form of melioidosis is associated with a high mortality despite currently recommended antibiotic therapy. A patient who developed multiple complications of wounds received in Vietnam, includingPseudomonas pseudomalleisepticemia, was successfully treated with gentamicin sulfate. The use of this drug in the treatment of melioidosis has not been previously reported. Gentamicin may be useful in the treatment of this disease.

Keywords

TREATMENT
MELIOIDOSIS
ACUTE SEPTICEMIC
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED
ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY
RECOMMENDED ANTIBIOTIC
WOUNDS RECEIVED
DEVELOPED MULTIPLE

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

Acute varieties of melioidosis occurring in U. S. soldiers in Vietnam
The American Journal of Medicine, 1969