TY - JOUR
T1 - Whitmore's disease
T2 - An uncommon urological presentation
AU - Naganathan, Karthickeyan
AU - Pillai, Sunil Bhaskara
AU - Kumar, Praveen
AU - Hegde, Padmaraj
PY - 2014/2/11
Y1 - 2014/2/11
N2 - The incidence of prostatic abscesses has much decreased in the antibiotic era. We present an uncommon cause of prostatic abscess secondary to melioidosis, also known as Whitmore's disease or pseudoglanders. The disease is endemic in South East Asia and Australia. Although India is considered endemic for Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative organism of melioidosis, not many cases have been reported. Most of the reported cases from India are from the South-West coastal regions of Kerala and Karnataka, Vellore, West Bengal and Bihar. Our index patient was successfully treated with parenteral antibiotics and endoscopic deroofing of the abscess.
AB - The incidence of prostatic abscesses has much decreased in the antibiotic era. We present an uncommon cause of prostatic abscess secondary to melioidosis, also known as Whitmore's disease or pseudoglanders. The disease is endemic in South East Asia and Australia. Although India is considered endemic for Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative organism of melioidosis, not many cases have been reported. Most of the reported cases from India are from the South-West coastal regions of Kerala and Karnataka, Vellore, West Bengal and Bihar. Our index patient was successfully treated with parenteral antibiotics and endoscopic deroofing of the abscess.
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U2 - 10.1136/bcr-2013-201978
DO - 10.1136/bcr-2013-201978
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84896912971
SN - 1757-790X
JO - BMJ Case Reports
JF - BMJ Case Reports
M1 - 201978
ER -