Central nervous system involvement in melioidosis is rare and there are only a few reports of the causative organism, Burkholderia pseudomallei, causing a brain abscess. We report a patient who presented to us with a brain abscess due to this organism and emphasize the need for a high degree of suspicion for this disease in tropical countries and treatment with the appropriate antibiotics, as the mortality associated with this disease is very high.
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Lath, R., Rajshekhar, V., & George, V. (1998). Brain abscess as the presenting feature of melioidosis. British Journal of Neurosurgery, 12(2), 170–172. https://doi.org/10.1080/02688699845357
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