Clinical repercussions of Glanders (Burkholderia mallei infection) in a Brazilian child: a case report

Abstract Glanders is a relatively unknown zoonotic disease caused by Burkholderia mallei. This bacterium affect solipeds and humans, and can be used as a biological warfare. Glanders is characterized as an occupational disease. We report the case of an 11-year-old boy who was presented to an emergen...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Eusébio Lino dos Santos Júnior, Juliane de Carvalho Rocha Moura, Bruna Karoline Pinheiro França Protásio, Vanise Aragão Santos Parente, Maria Helena Neves Dorea Veiga
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020
Subjects:
Glanders
Zoonosis
Burkholderia mallei
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0054-2020
https://doaj.org/article/54bf012589f041bf84e465f4613fca55
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Summary:Abstract Glanders is a relatively unknown zoonotic disease caused by Burkholderia mallei. This bacterium affect solipeds and humans, and can be used as a biological warfare. Glanders is characterized as an occupational disease. We report the case of an 11-year-old boy who was presented to an emergency department with chest pain and dyspnea. He evolved into septic shock, pneumonia, and multiple abscesses. B. mallei was found in the exudate culture. Human infection is rare and difficult to confirm. The knowledge on glanders is important for differential diagnosis from other serious illnesses causing pneumonia and multiple abscesses.

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