%0 Journal Article
%T Burkholderia pseudomallei septicaemia - A case report
%A Dias M
%A Antony B
%A Aithala S
%A Hanumanthappa B
%J Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
%D 2004
%I Medknow Publications
%X Burkholderia pseudomallei, a natural saprophyte widely distributed in soil, stagnant waters of endemic areas, is said to infect humans through breaks in the skin or through inhalation causing protean clinical manifestations including fatal septicaemia. A case of septicaemia in a elderly female diabetic due to B. pseudomallei following a history of fall is being reported with complete details.
%K Burkholderia pseudomallei
%K Septicaemia
%K Melioidosis
%U http://www.ijmm.org/article.asp?issn=0255-0857;year=2004;volume=22;issue=4;spage=266;epage=268;aulast=Dias