Artikel ; Online: Pulmonary tuberculosis and melioidosis coinfection in Brunei Darussalam: the importance of awareness and screening.
Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR
2022 Band 13, Heft 4, Seite(n) 1–6
Abstract: Both tuberculosis (TB) and melioidosis are endemic to certain parts of the world, including Brunei Darussalam, with TB being more widespread. Despite this, coinfection with TB and melioidosis is rarely encountered and reported. Although still uncommon, ... ...
Abstract | Both tuberculosis (TB) and melioidosis are endemic to certain parts of the world, including Brunei Darussalam, with TB being more widespread. Despite this, coinfection with TB and melioidosis is rarely encountered and reported. Although still uncommon, there has been an increase in the number of cases of this coinfection reported during the past 10 years, all of which have been in India and the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region. We report a case of coinfection with pulmonary TB and melioidosis in a patient with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. This 64-year-old man presented with symptoms and radiological features of pulmonary TB, confirmed by sputum smear, but sputum culture also yielded |
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Mesh-Begriff(e) | Male ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Melioidosis/diagnosis ; Melioidosis/epidemiology ; Melioidosis/etiology ; Brunei ; Coinfection ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/epidemiology ; Burkholderia pseudomallei ; Tuberculosis |
Sprache | Englisch |
Erscheinungsdatum | 2022-12-19 |
Erscheinungsland | Philippines |
Dokumenttyp | Case Reports |
ZDB-ID | 2592503-9 |
ISSN | 2094-7313 ; 2094-7313 |
ISSN (online) | 2094-7313 |
ISSN | 2094-7313 |
DOI | 10.5365/wpsar.2022.13.4.957 |
Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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