Pediatric suppurative parotitis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Issue 1 (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fu, Zengzhen; Lin, Yingzi; Wu, Qiang; Xia, Qianfeng
• Is Part Of: Journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases. Volume 22:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 3
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Melioidosis -- Parotitis -- Burkholderia pseudomallei -- Pediatrics; Poisonous animals -- Periodicals; Venom -- Periodicals; Toxins -- Periodicals; Tropical medicine -- Periodicals; Venoms -- Periodicals; Toxins -- Periodicals; Animals, Poisonous -- Periodicals; Tropical Medicine -- Periodicals; Animals, Poisonous -- Periodicals; Venoms -- Periodicals; Tropical Medicine -- Periodicals; Toxins -- Periodicals; Poisonous animals; Tropical medicine; Venom; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 615.9405
• DOI: 10.1186/s40409-016-0086-3
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1678-9199

Abstract

Abstract Background Suppurative parotitis caused byBurkholderia pseudomallei has been rarely found outside endemic areas. Case presentation Herein, we report the recovery ofBurkholderia pseudomallei from the pus of a suppurative parotitis observed in a 12-year-old boy who lived in Hainan province, China. Specimens of necrotic tissue were collected and sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Pus sample was also collected for bacteriological examination. The suppurative inflammation was observed in the necrotic tissue section andBurkholderia pseudomallei were detected in the sample. Conclusion In this adolescent, Burkholderia pseudomallei infection was present in the parotid, which consists of the first report of this bacterium in a parotitis case acquired in China.