Melioidosis, an infectious disease caused by the facultative intracellular gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei, is geographically restricted to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It commonly affects patients with underlying medical disease, such as diabetes mellitus or renal failure. In South Korea, only six cases of melioidosis have been reported in the literature. However, none of the patients had chronic kidney disease. We report on a case of melioidosis presenting as septicemic pneumonia in a 48-year old man undergoing hemodialysis. He was a returning traveler from Thailand.

• 주종석(충남대학교병원 내과) | Jong Seok Ju
• 손경목(충남대학교병원 내과, 감염내과) | Kyung Mok Sohn
• 지미숙(을지대학교병원 진단검사의학과) | Misuk Ji
• 김연숙(충남대학교병원 내과, 감염내과) | Yeon-Sook Kim
• 천신혜(충남대학교병원 내과, 감염내과) | Shinhye Cheon
• 송창헌(충남대학교병원 내과, 감염내과) | Chang Hun Song
• 신해진(충남대학교병원 내과) | Hae Jin Shin
• 김기대(충남대학교병원 내과) | Ki Dae Kim