Melioidosis Complicated by Native Valve Endocarditis in a Traveler Returning From Thailand to the United States.

Gupta, Akash; Iordanov, Roumen; Auguste, Antonie; Van Enk, Julianna; Shah, Melisa M; Richardson, Brian T; Gee, Jay E; Elrod, Mindy G et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2026

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Endocarditis from melioidosis is rarely reported; only 14 cases have been reported in the literature. We present a fatal case of native aortic valve endocarditis due to Burkholderia pseudomallei complicated by embolic stroke and subdural empyema that occurred in a traveler who returned from Thailand to the United States.