Abscess skin

... A 4-month-old girl presented to our institution with fever, pustular skin lesions, and distended abdomen, as well as diminished activity and mental status. Radiological investigation revealed brain, lung, and hepatic abscesses. The infant was successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ...

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... contaminated soil comes in contact with abraded (scaped) area of the skin. How does melioidosis affect a patient? Melioidosis most commonly involves the lungs where the infection can form a cavity of pus (abscess). It can spread from the skin through the blood to affect the heart, ...

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... of infected dust or water particles, ingestion of or contact of skin lesions with soil or water containing the organism. A classical description ... bacteriemia; pneumonitis; pulmonary, splenic, hepatic, and cutaneous abscesses and, more rarely, osteomyellitis, lymphadenitis and a chronic granulomatous ...

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