27 December 2011
A paediatric case of melioidosis in a chronic gluteal wound treated with adjunctive negative pressure wound therapy
Jeremy Mingfa Sun, Si Jack Chong, Yong Chen PorDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.882208
Am J Case Rep 2011; 12:203-205
Abstract
Background: Melioidosis is a rare disease that is fast gaining notoriety. There have been an increasing number of cases reported in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and even Singapore. While cases reported are commonly adults with predisposing factors such as diabetes mellitus, renal disease or HIV, our report is of a previously healthy 10-year-old boy who presented with a non-healing and discharging gluteal wound present for 6 months.
Case Report: We report on a patient in whom adjunctive negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) was effectively used in the management of a 10-year-old paediatric patient with chronic Burkholderia pseudomallei-infected gluteal wound.
Conclusions: NPWT was successfully used as an adjunct to manage a chronic melioidosis-infected chronic gluteal wound.
Keywords: Melioidosis - therapy, Burkholderia pseudomallei, negative pressure wound therapy system, paediatric
In Press
12 Feb 2024 : Case report
Erdheim-Chester Disease Occult on Radiographs and CT but Visible on MRI and PETAm J Case Rep In Press; DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.941169
12 Feb 2024 : Case report
Surgical Treatment of Spontaneous Superficial Temporal Artery Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case ReportAm J Case Rep In Press; DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.942839
13 Feb 2024 : Case report
Warfarin Woes: A Rare Case of Hemoperitoneum with Intramural Small Bowel HematomaAm J Case Rep In Press; DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943519
13 Feb 2024 : Case report
Hemorrhagic Presentation in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Case StudyAm J Case Rep In Press; DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.942951
Most Viewed Current Articles
07 Mar 2024 : Case report
Neurocysticercosis Presenting as Migraine in the United StatesDOI :10.12659/AJCR.943133
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943133
10 Jan 2022 : Case report
A Report on the First 7 Sequential Patients Treated Within the C-Reactive Protein Apheresis in COVID (CACOV...DOI :10.12659/AJCR.935263
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935263
19 Jul 2022 : Case report
Atlantoaxial Subluxation Secondary to SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Rare Orthopedic Complication from COVID-19DOI :10.12659/AJCR.936128
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936128
23 Feb 2022 : Case report
Penile Necrosis Associated with Local Intravenous Injection of CocaineDOI :10.12659/AJCR.935250
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935250