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Sia, T., Podin, Y., Chuah, T.B. and Wong, J.S. (2018) Melioidosis: An Unusual Cause of Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report. European Heart Journal-Case Reports, 2, yty055. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/yty055

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• TITLE: Melioidosis, a Rare Cause of Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report

  AUTHORS: Chun Kiat Ng, Anuradha P. Radhakrishnan

  KEYWORDS: Melioidosis, Infective Endocarditis, Burkholderia pseudomallei

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.10 No.4, April 20, 2023

  ABSTRACT: Burkholderia pseudomallei is an unusual causative organism of infective endocarditis. We present a case of Melioidosis mitral valve endocarditis with dissemination to the liver and kidney in a young woman with underlying SLE with lupus nephritis. Despite the delay in reaching a diagnosis, the patient was successfully treated with intravenous Ceftazidime and oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and was discharged well. The identification of the specific aetiologic organism is important for timely diagnosis as well as treatment of infective endocarditis.