Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis due to Burkholderia pseudomallei in a primigravida.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Melioidosis is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative, saprophytic bacillus, commonly found in soil or contaminated water. As infection with this bacterium produces a wide variety of clinical manifestations the organism is aptly called the 'great mimicker'. Even though it is non-fastidious and an easily cultivable organism, it can be misidentified in automated identification systems.

Case report

A 24-year-old primigravida presented with complaints of fever and myalgia of 45 days' duration. She was diagnosed to have haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) based on clinical and laboratory parameters. Blood and bone marrow culture sent to the microbiology laboratory grew non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli which were misidentified as Burk

SUBMITTER: Al Waseem SMH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10569653 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature