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A rare case of melioidosis presenting as myositis in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Melioidosis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei is an emerging infection in Sri Lanka with a high case fatality rate. The disease usually manifests as pneumonia, however multisystem involvement is common. Myositis is an extremely rare occurrence and this is the only documented case where...

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Autores principales: Vithana, Sanura Malinda Pallegoda, Chathuranga, Liyanage Sashika, Jayasinghe, Saman, Udayakumara, Edippuli Arachchige Don
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9202086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35705895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07515-y