There was no specific age for melioidosis.
Neonatal melioidosis is not uncommon in Malaysia.
The youngest case in this series was a 15-day-old boy
who presented with abdominal distention and shock.
Our centre had reported one case of neonatal
meningitis due to B. pseudomallei in 1998 [4].
Another reported case of neonatal melioidosis in
Malaysia was from the east coast state of Pahang in
2005 [5]. A case series of paediatric melioidosis in
Kuala Lumpur reported one case of bacteraemic
melioidosis in a neonate [6]. The baby was admitted
for neonatal sepsis with fatal outcome.