Cutaneous thigh abscess secondary to melioidosis: a rare cause for a common presentation.

Melioidosis is a notifiable disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei . It is associated with a mortality rate of up to 50% and over the last decade, has only been reported 46 times, within the UK.[1][1] This gram-negative bacterium is endemic to Southern China, South-East Asia and Northern