Cutaneous melioidosis in a Swedish tourist after the tsunami in 2004.

• A tourist from Sweden developed cutaneous melioidosis after the tsunami in Thailand on 26 December 2004. Melioidosis is a severe, chronic infection which is endemic in Thailand and is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Persons with traumatic injuries inflicted by the tsunami have increased risks of being infected by B. pseudomallei and melioidosis should be suspected if abscesses of the skin or inner organs develop in the months or years after the trauma.

Nyckelord

Anti-Bacterial Agents

therapeutic use

Burkholderia pseudomallei

isolation & purification

Doxycycline

therapeutic use

Humans

Male

Melioidosis

diagnosis

drug therapy

microbiology

Middle Aged

Natural Disasters

Sweden

Thailand

Travel

Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination

therapeutic use

Water Movements

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