Disseminated melioidosis in early pregnancy - An unproven cause of foetal loss

Chee Yik Chang; Nina Lee Jing Lau; Bart J. Currie; Yuwana Podin

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Disseminated melioidosis in early pregnancy - An unproven cause of foetal loss

Chee Yik Chang, Nina Lee Jing Lau, Bart J. Currie, Yuwana Podin

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Background: Melioidosis is a potentially life-threatening infection caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is difficult to diagnose due to its diverse clinical manifestations, which often delays administration of appropriate antibiotic therapy. Case presentation: Melioidosis is uncommon in pregnancy but both spontaneous abortion and neonatal melioidosis have been reported. We report a case of bacteraemic melioidosis in a young woman with a subsequent spontaneous abortion, with B. pseudomallei cultured from a high vaginal swab as well as blood. Conclusion: It remains unclear in this and previously reported cases as to whether the maternal melioidosis was sexually transmitted.

Original language	English
Article number	201
Number of pages	4
Journal	BMC Infectious Diseases
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4937-8
Publication status	Published - 6 Mar 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Abortion
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Melioidosis
Pregnancy

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