Neurologic Melioidosis: Case Report of a Rare Cause of Acute Flaccid Paralysis

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• 作者：Erik W. Andersen ; MBChB¹ ; ^{erik.andersen@rch.org.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Mark T. Mackay ; MBBS¹ ; ² ; Monique M. Ryan ; MMedBS¹ ; ² ; ³
• 关键词：AFP ; Acute flaccid paralysis ; CMAP ; Compound muscle action potential ; CSF ; Cerebrospinal fluid ; GBS ; Guillain-Barr&eacute ; syndrome
• 刊名：The Journal of Pediatrics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：170
• 期：Complete
• 页码：319-321
• 全文大小：536 K

文摘

Acute flaccid paralysis is associated with inflammation, infection, or tumors in the spinal cord or peripheral nerves. Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei infection) can rarely cause this presentation. We describe a case of spinal melioidosis in a 4-year-old boy presenting with flaccid paralysis, and review the literature on this rare disease.