A Case of Burkholderia cepacia Sepsis in a postpartum patient with colonic perforation due to Ogilvie's syndrome: Case from a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh

Traditionally known as a nosocomial organism and preponderance to infect the immunocompromised patients or withpreexisting structural damage in lung parenchyma1, Burkholderia cepacia infection an apparentlyimmunocompetent host ICU settings is not very commonly heard of. On other hand, acute colonicpseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie’s syndrome) also rare surgical complication. Here we present case of apostpartum lady who developed colonic perforation following caesarean section due Ogilvie’s syndrome andBurkholderia sepsis eventually expired.
 Bangladesh Crit Care J March 2023; 11 (1): 43-45