Melioidosis after a long silence in Sri Lanka: an environmental hazard and dilemma in diagnosis, with recovery and longitudinal follow-up for 13 years: a case report

BACKGROUND: Melioidosis is a potentially fatal bacterial infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. The existence of melioidosis in Sri Lanka was once unheard of, and entertaining it as a diagnosis in clinical practice was extremely rare. CASE PRESENTATION: In this case report, we describe the c...

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Autores principales: Pathirage, Manoji M. K., Kularatne, Senanayake A. M., Weerakoon, Kosala G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7165379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32303247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02372-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7165379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32303247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02372-2

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