Ocular Burkholderia pseudomallei, a rare variant in presentation – A case series

• Main Authors: Saidatulakma Sharif, Muhammad Ikmal Mohamad Kamil, Wan Norliza Wan Muda, Akmal Haliza Zamli, Khairy Shamel Sonny Teo, Liza Sharmini Ahmad Tajudin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Medical Communications 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27583/1/Ocular%20Bolderia%20pseudomallei%2C%20a%20rare%20variant%20in%20presentation%20%E2%80%93%20a%20case%20series%20abstract.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27583/2/Ocular%20Burkholderia%20pseudomallei%2C%20a%20rare%20variant%20in%20presentation%20%E2%80%93%20a%20case%20series%20Fulltext.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27583/; http://pimr.pl/index.php/issues/2020-vol-16-no-3/ocular-burkholderia-pseudomallei-a-rare-variant-in-presentation-a-case-series; https://doi.org/10.15557/PiMR.2020.0061
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Burkholderia pseudomallei is Gram-negative anaerobe causing melioidosis. We report a case series including three cases of rare ocular presentations in patients with positive melioidosis serology in the state of Pahang, Malaysia. The first case involved a 32-year-old male with a sudden onset of painl...