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Table 1 Documented exacerbations with Gram-negative organisms reported to be Burkholderia pseudomallei, Pseudomonas sp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or Burkholderia cepacia (December 2013 – February 2017)

From: Relapse of chronic melioidosis in a paediatric cystic fibrosis patient: first case report from Malaysia

Organism

Source / Date

Antibiotic susceptibility test

Other data

Resistant

Intermediate

Sensitive

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Sputum (December 2013)

• Amoxicilin-clavulanate

 

• Ceftazidime

• Doxycycline

• Imipenem

• Co-timoxazole

*Pus cell: > 25/lpf

*Epithelial cell: 3/lpf

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Sputum (August 2014)

  

• Amoxicilin-clavulanate

• Ceftazidime

• Doxycycline

• Imipenem

• Co-timoxazole

*Pus cell: > 25/lpf

*Epithelial cell: 5/lpf

Pseudomonas

Sputum (August 2014)

• Gentamicin

 

• Ceftazidime

• Piperacillin-tazobactam

*Pus cell: > 25/lpf

*Epithelial cell: 15/lpf

Burkholderia cepacia

Bronchoalveolar lavage (August 2015)

• Amoxicilin-clavulanate

• Amikacin

• Azithromycin

• Ciprofloxacin

• Gentamicin

• Imipenem

• Piperacillin-tazobactam

 

• Co-trimoxazole

• Meropenem

• Ceftazidime

*No virus detected

*AFB weakly positive

*No Mycobacterium

Burkholderia cepacia

Sputum (November 2015)

• Imipenem

• Co-trimoxazole

 

• Meropenem

• Ceftazidime

*Pus cell: 0/lpf

*Epithelial cell: 1/lpf

*AFB negative

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Sputum (January 2016)

• Azithromycin

 

• Amikacin

• Ceftazidime

• Ciprofloxacin

• Gentamicin

• Meropenem

–

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Sputum (March 2016)

• Co-trimoxazole

  

*Pus cell: 15/lpf

*Epithelial cell: 0/lpf

*AFB positive

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Sputum (April 2016)

• Co-trimoxazole

  

*AFB positive

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Sputum (May 2016)

 

• Doxycycline

• Ceftazidime

• Imipenem Amoxicilin-clavulanate

*AFB positive

*Acute duodenitis

*No malignancy

*Neutrophilic infiltration

*OGDS - Pangastritis

*Rapid urease test negative

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Sputum (May 2016)

• Co-trimoxazole

 

• Amoxicillin-clavulanate

 

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Sputum (May 2016)

  

• Sensitive to all antibiotics

 

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Sputum (June 2016)

  

• Amoxicillin-clavulanate

• Doxycycline

*AFB positive

Burkholderia cepacia

Sputum (December 2016)

• Ciprofloxacin

• Imipenem

• Co-trimoxazole

 

• Ceftazidime

• Meropenem

 

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Bronchoalveolar lavage (February 2017)

   

*Candida parapsilosis (104–105)

*AFB negative

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Sputum (February 2017)

• Doxyccyline

• Co-trimoxazole

 

• Amoxi-clavunate

• Ceftazidime

• Imipenem

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