Acute Septicemic Melioidosis
Successful Treatment With Gentamicin
Abstract
The acute septicemic form of melioidosis is associated with a high mortality despite currently recommended antibiotic therapy. A patient who developed multiple complications of wounds received in Vietnam, including Pseudomonas pseudomallei septicemia, was successfully treated with gentamicin sulfate. The use of this drug in the treatment of melioidosis has not been previously reported. Gentamicin may be useful in the treatment of this disease.
Footnotes
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The opinions or assertions contained herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy Department or the naval service at large.
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