Melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings

Melioidosis, an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei is endemic in South East Asia and Northern Australia. It can affect many organs in the body such as lung, liver, spleen, bone, prostate, brain and soft tissues. Objective: This study aims to detect the presence of prostatic abscess in pat...

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Main Authors:	MR, Razali, Abdul Rashid, Amran, How, Soon Hin, TH, Ng, Che Ahmad, Aminuddin, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin
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Published:	Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2008
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spelling	iium-443382016-10-20T08:27:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44338/ Melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings MR, Razali Abdul Rashid, Amran How, Soon Hin TH, Ng Che Ahmad, Aminuddin Ab Rahman, Jamalludin R Medicine (General) Melioidosis, an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei is endemic in South East Asia and Northern Australia. It can affect many organs in the body such as lung, liver, spleen, bone, prostate, brain and soft tissues. Objective: This study aims to detect the presence of prostatic abscess in patients with a positive blood culture for Burkholderia pseudomallei with computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis and to correlate it with the clinical presentation. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective observational study conducted in all melioidosis patients who had CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis. The location and size of any focal lesions seen on CT were recorded. Clinical data such as fever and urinary symptoms were also recorded. Results: 15 patients had CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis. Five patients were diagnosed to have prostatic abscess. Out of the five patients, only two had urinary symptoms. The other three had prolonged high grade fever without any urinary symptoms. Conclusions: Melioidosis prostatic abscess is not uncommon in patients with positive blood culture of Burkholderia Pseudomallei (33% in this series). Most patients do not present with any urinary symptoms. Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44338/1/meliodosis_prostatic_abcess.pdf MR, Razali and Abdul Rashid, Amran and How, Soon Hin and TH, Ng and Che Ahmad, Aminuddin and Ab Rahman, Jamalludin (2008) Melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 7 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1823-4631 http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) MR, Razali Abdul Rashid, Amran How, Soon Hin TH, Ng Che Ahmad, Aminuddin Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings
description	Melioidosis, an infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei is endemic in South East Asia and Northern Australia. It can affect many organs in the body such as lung, liver, spleen, bone, prostate, brain and soft tissues. Objective: This study aims to detect the presence of prostatic abscess in patients with a positive blood culture for Burkholderia pseudomallei with computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis and to correlate it with the clinical presentation. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective observational study conducted in all melioidosis patients who had CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis. The location and size of any focal lesions seen on CT were recorded. Clinical data such as fever and urinary symptoms were also recorded. Results: 15 patients had CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis. Five patients were diagnosed to have prostatic abscess. Out of the five patients, only two had urinary symptoms. The other three had prolonged high grade fever without any urinary symptoms. Conclusions: Melioidosis prostatic abscess is not uncommon in patients with positive blood culture of Burkholderia Pseudomallei (33% in this series). Most patients do not present with any urinary symptoms.
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author	MR, Razali Abdul Rashid, Amran How, Soon Hin TH, Ng Che Ahmad, Aminuddin Ab Rahman, Jamalludin
author_facet	MR, Razali Abdul Rashid, Amran How, Soon Hin TH, Ng Che Ahmad, Aminuddin Ab Rahman, Jamalludin
author_sort	MR, Razali
title	Melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings
title_short	Melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings
title_full	Melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings
title_fullStr	Melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings
title_full_unstemmed	Melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings
title_sort	melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings
publisher	Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2008
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/44338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44338/1/meliodosis_prostatic_abcess.pdf
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Melioidosis prostatic abscess: clinical presentation and imaging findings

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