Melioidosis and the vacuum-assisted closure device: A rare cause of a discharging neck wound, and a new approach to management

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1021-1024

  Garas, G ^a   Ifeacho, S ^a   Millard, R ^a   Tolley, N ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia Pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Vacuum Pump

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; MEROPENEM;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; NECK WOUND; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MELIOIDOSIS; NECK; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78649921912     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215110000381     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Zulkiflee AB, Prepageran N, Philip R. Melioidosis: An uncommon cause of neck abscess. Am J Otolaryngol 2008;29:72-4
2. Inglis TJ, Rolim DB, Rodriguez JL. Clinical guideline for diagnosis and management of melioidosis. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2006;48:1-4
3. Ma TL, Huang GC, Tang HJ, Chang CM. Melioidotic necrotizing fasciitis presenting as a supraclavicular mass. Jpn J Infect Dis 2008;61:151-3
4. Andrews BT, Smith RB, Goldstein DP, Funk GF. Management of complicated head and neck wounds with vacuum-assisted closure system. Head Neck 2006;28: 974-81
5. Marathe US, Sniezek JC. Use of the vacuum-assisted closure device in enhancing closure of a massive skull defect. Laryngoscope 2004;114:961-4
6. Rosenthal EL, Blackwell KE, McGrew B, Carroll WR, Peters GE. Use of negative pressure dressings in head and neck reconstruction. Head Neck 2005;27:970-5
7. Thomas J, Jayachandran NV, Shenoy Chandrasekhara PK, Lakshmi V, Narsimulu G. Melioidosis - an unusual cause of septic arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 2008;27(suppl 2): S59-61
8. Gibney KB, Cheng AC, Currie BJ. Cutaneous melioidosis in the tropical top end of Australia: A prospective study and review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis 2008;47:603-9
9. Raja NS. Cases of melioidosis in a university teaching hospital in Malaysia. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2008;41: 174-9
10. Aldhous P. Tropical medicine: melioidosis? Never heard of it. Nature 2005;434:692-3
11. Cheng AC, Currie BJ. Melioidosis: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management. Clin Microbiol Rev 2005; 18:383-416
12. Borgherini G, Poubeau P, Paganin F, Picot S, Michault A, Thibault F et al. Melioidosis: An imported case from Madagascar. J Travel Med 2006;13:318-20
13. Currie BJ. Advances and remaining uncertainties in the epidemiology of Burkholderia pseudomallei and melioidosis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2008;102:225-7
14. Muthusamy KA, Waran V, Puthucheary SD. Spectra of central nervous system melioidosis. J Clin Neurosci 2007; 14:1213-15
15. Chan KP, Low JG, Raghuram J, Fook-Chong SM, Kurup A. Clinical characteristics and outcome of severe melioidosis requiring intensive care. Chest 2005;128: 3674-8
16. Heng BH, Goh KT, Yap EH, Loh H, Yeo M. Epidemiological surveillance of melioidosis in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1998;27:478-84
17. Tan AL, Ang BS, Ong YY. Melioidosis: Epidemiology and antibiogram of cases in Singapore. Singapore Med J 1990; 31:335-7
18. Kumar GS, Raj PM, Chacko G, Lalitha MK, Chacko AG, Rajshekhar V. Cranial melioidosis presenting as a mass lesion or osteomyelitis. J Neurosurg 2008;108:243-7
19. HuisintVeld D,WuthiekanunV, ChengAC, ChierakulW, Chaowagul W, Brouwer AE et al. The role and significance of sputum cultures in the diagnosis of melioidosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005;73:657-61
20. Woods ML, Currie BJ, Howard DM, TierneyA,Watson A, Anstey NM et al. Neurological melioidosis: Seven cases from the Northern Territory of Australia. Clin Infect Dis 1992;15:163-9
21. Baumann BB, Morita ET. Systemic melioidosis presenting as myocardial infarct. Ann Intern Med 1967;67:836-42
22. Currie BJ, Fisher DA, Howard DM, Burrow JN, Lo D, Selva-Nayagam S et al. Endemic melioidosis in tropical northern Australia: A 10-year prospective study and review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis 2000;31:981-6
23. Kiertiburanakul S, Sungkanuparph S, Kositchiwat S, Vorachit M. Burkholderia pseudomallei: Abscess in an unusual site. J Postgrad Med 2002;48:124-6
24. Sivalingam SP, Sim SH, Jasper LC, Wang D, Liu Y, Ooi EE. Pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis of experimental Burkholderia pseudomallei infection with doxycycline, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and co-trimoxazole. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008;61:674-8
25. Argenta LC, Morykwas MJ. Vacuum-assisted closure: A new method for wound control and treatment: Clinical experience. Ann Plast Surg 1997;38:563-76
26. Morykwas MJ,Argenta LC, Shelton-Brown EI,McGuirtW. Vacuum-assisted closure: A new method for wound control and treatment: Animal studies and basic foundation. Ann Plast Surg 1997;38:553-62
27. DeFranzo AJ, Argenta LC, MarksMW, Molnar JA, David LR, Webb LX et al. The use of vacuum-assisted closure therapy for the treatment of lower-extremity wounds with exposed bone. Plast Reconstr Surg 2001;108:1184-91
28. Harlan JW. Treatment of open sternal wounds with the vacuum-assisted closure system: A safe, reliable method. Plast Reconstr Surg 2002;109:710-12
29. HopfHW, Humphrey LM, Puzziferri N,West JM, Attinger CE, Hunt TK. Adjuncts to preparing wounds for closure: Hyperbaric oxygen, growth factors, skin substitutes, negative pressure wound therapy (vacuum-assisted closure). Foot Ankle Clin 2001;6:661-82
30. Mendez-Eastman S. Negative pressure wound therapy. Plast Surg Nurs 1998;18:27-29
31. Sibbald RG, Mahoney J. A consensus report on the use of vacuum-assisted closure in chronic, difficult-to-heal wounds. Ostomy Wound Manage 2003;49:52-66
32. Song DH, Wu LC, Lohman RF, Gottlieb LJ, Franczyk M. Vacuum assisted closure for the treatment of sternal wounds: The bridge between debridement and definitive closure. Plast Reconstr Surg 2003;111:92-7