Melioidosis presenting as parotid abscess in children: two consecutive cases

<p>Melioidosis is an emerging infection in Sri Lanka with increasing case reports, mostly in adults but also in children. We report two children with parotid abscess, which is one of the common clinical manifestations in the paediatric population in Southeast Asia but rare in Northern Australi...

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Main Authors: K. K. M. K. Premaratne, G. K. D. Karunaratne, R. Dias, A. K. Lamahewage, M. Samarasinghe, E. Corea, R. M. T. M. Gunawardena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology 2017-10-01
Series:Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/8149