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  1. Fulltext Disseminated melioidosis in early pregnancy - an unproven cause of foetal loss
    Chang CY, Lau NLJ, Currie BJ, Podin Y
    BMC Infect Dis, 2020 Mar 06;20(1):201.
    PMID: 32143598 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-4937-8
    BACKGROUND: Melioidosis is a potentially life-threatening infection caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is difficult to diagnose due to its diverse clinical manifestations, which often delays administration of appropriate antibiotic therapy.

    CASE PRESENTATION: Melioidosis is uncommon in pregnancy but both spontaneous abortion and neonatal melioidosis have been reported. We report a case of bacteraemic melioidosis in a young woman with a subsequent spontaneous abortion, with B. pseudomallei cultured from a high vaginal swab as well as blood.

    CONCLUSION: It remains unclear in this and previously reported cases as to whether the maternal melioidosis was sexually transmitted.

    Matched MeSH terms: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial/diagnosis*
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