
Melioidosis: An Emerging Infectious Disease as a Cause of Parotid Abscess: A Case Report
Correspondence Address :Dr. Reshmi M. Nair,
Senior Consultant, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Rajagiri Hospital, Chunangamveli, Aluva-683112, Kerala, India.
Email: reshmi.madhavan@rajagirihospital.com
Parotid abscess as a complication following parotitis is rare and it usually occurs due to salivary stasis, the most common organisms being isolated are Staphylococcus aureus and anaerobic bacteria. Burkholderia pseudomallei causing an isolated parotid abscess is rare in adults with very few reported cases. We present here a case of left sided parotid abscess in a diabetic female which on microbiologic evaluation turned out to be due to Burkholderia pseudomallei. She was successfully treated with a combination of injection ceftazidime six grams in three divided doses and cotrimoxazole (320mg +1600 mg) in two divided doses for initial two weeks followed by a maintenance phase with cotrimoxazole alone during the next 12 weeks.
Burkholderia pseudomallei, Diabetes mellitus, Parotitis, Salivary gland
Reshmi M Nair, Sonya Joy, Dhanya Elappulli Krishnamurthy. MELIOIDOSIS: AN EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE AS A CAUSE OF PAROTID ABSCESS: A CASE REPORT. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research [serial online] 2018 July [cited: 2019 Feb 17 ]; 12:MD01-MD02. Available from
http://jcdr.in/back_issues.asp?issn=0973-709x&year=2018&month=July&volume=12&issue=7&page=MD01-MD02&id=11796
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2018/32614.11796
Date of Submission: Sep 17, 2017
Date of Peer Review: Nov 14, 2017
Date of Acceptance: May 15, 2018
Date of Publishing: Jul 01, 2018
FINANCIAL OR OTHER COMPETING INTERESTS: None.
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