Melioidotic prostatic abscess in Pahang

Melioidosis is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative bacillus. Melioidosis can affect many organs, including the prostate. However, prostatic abscess due to melioidosis is uncommon. We describe five cases of melioidosis with prostatic abscess. Four of five patients had diabetes mellit...

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Main Authors:	Ng, Teck Han, How, Soon Hin, Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran, Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali, Kuan, Yeh Chunn
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore Medical Association 2009
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine
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spelling	iium-13872011-09-06T05:38:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1387/ Melioidotic prostatic abscess in Pahang Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali Kuan, Yeh Chunn R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Melioidosis is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative bacillus. Melioidosis can affect many organs, including the prostate. However, prostatic abscess due to melioidosis is uncommon. We describe five cases of melioidosis with prostatic abscess. Four of five patients had diabetes mellitus and had more than one organ involvement. The diagnosis of prostatic abscess in our patients was only made with computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis. None of our patients underwent surgical drainage and all remained well after treatment with antibiotics, except for one mortality secondary to severe septicaemia. Singapore Medical Association 2009-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1387/1/Singapore_medical_journal_2009_Ng.pdf Ng, Teck Han and How, Soon Hin and Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran and Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali and Kuan, Yeh Chunn (2009) Melioidotic prostatic abscess in Pahang. Singapore Medical Journal, 50 (4). pp. 385-389. ISSN 0037-5675 http://smj.sma.org.sg/5004/5004a7.pdf
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali Kuan, Yeh Chunn Melioidotic prostatic abscess in Pahang
description	Melioidosis is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative bacillus. Melioidosis can affect many organs, including the prostate. However, prostatic abscess due to melioidosis is uncommon. We describe five cases of melioidosis with prostatic abscess. Four of five patients had diabetes mellitus and had more than one organ involvement. The diagnosis of prostatic abscess in our patients was only made with computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis. None of our patients underwent surgical drainage and all remained well after treatment with antibiotics, except for one mortality secondary to severe septicaemia.
format	Article
author	Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali Kuan, Yeh Chunn
author_facet	Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali Kuan, Yeh Chunn
author_sort	Ng, Teck Han
title	Melioidotic prostatic abscess in Pahang
title_short	Melioidotic prostatic abscess in Pahang
title_full	Melioidotic prostatic abscess in Pahang
title_fullStr	Melioidotic prostatic abscess in Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	Melioidotic prostatic abscess in Pahang
title_sort	melioidotic prostatic abscess in pahang
publisher	Singapore Medical Association
publishDate	2009
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/1387/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1387/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1387/1/Singapore_medical_journal_2009_Ng.pdf
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Melioidotic prostatic abscess in Pahang

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