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JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 57-60Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12150
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We present a case of melioidosis in an Italian male returning from Singapore after a short travel. He probably acquired the disease by inhalation, which is not the typical mode of transmission, in the absence of evident risk factors. The diagnosis was confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction of the culture while serology was useful to assess professional exposure among laboratory workers. Treatment consisted of an initial intensive phase with meropenem and trimethoprim-sulfamethaxazole (TMP-SMX), followed by 6months of eradication therapy with TMP-SMX.
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