Abstract
Pediatric melioidosis is an under-diagnosed entity and rarely reported from India. This condition, if not treated early and appropriately, can have a fatal outcome. A 17-month-old female child presented with fever and ulcer on the right leg; she eventually succumbed to the infection. Culture from blood and wound swab from ulcer site grew Burkholderia pseudomallei .
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