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abstractpubmed· Abstract 2016· item PMID:26778096
Neurologic Melioidosis: Case Report of a Rare Cause of Acute Flaccid Paralysis. 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.