The man with the boggy head: cranial melioidosis
Kuan, Y.C.; How, S.H.; Ng, T.H.; Fauzi, A.R.
Singapore Medical Journal 51(2): e43-e45
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 20358143 Document Number: 647285
Melioidosis is known to cause abscesses in various organs, including the cranium, though less commonly. We present a patient with scalp abscess and subdural empyema that was visible on computed tomography of the brain. The neurosurgical drainage grew Burkholderia pseudomallei. Despite our best effort to treat the patient using parenteral antibiotics and surgical drainage, the patient did not survive.