Isolated splenic abscess due to melioidosis in type 1 diabetes mellitus: laboratory diagnosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei in resource-restricted setting

Diabetes mellitus, type 1 in particular, is a well-recognised risk factor for melioidosis, a disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is endemic in Southeast Asia and in northern Australia and has a variety of clinical presentation, isolated splenic abscess being one of them. B. pseu...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Gupta, Abhishek Prakash, Halder, Ratan, Chakraborty, Mandira, Chakraborty, Partha Pratim
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7868293/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33541991
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-238985
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