%0 Journal Article
%T Melioidosis presenting with periorbital cellulitis and eyelid abscess in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo - A Case Report
%A Chee Yik Chang
%J Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases
%D 2019
%R 10.4038/sljid.v9i2.8259
%X <p>Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative bacillus <em>Burkholderia pseudomallei</em> and presents with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and organ involvement. Ocular manifestation in melioidosis is rare. We present a case of periorbital cellulitis and eyelid abscess caused by <em>B. pseudomallei</em><em> </em>in a diabetic patient successfully treated with antibiotic and surgical drainage.</p
%U https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/10.4038/sljid.v9i2.8259/