It is tuberculosis or melioidosis? a clinical diagnostic dilemma
Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) is an endemic disease in Malaysia and continues to cause great morbidity and mortality. However, the diagnosis and treatment may pose a challenge to the attending physician since other diseases such as melioidosis can mimic tuberculosis. Hence, the final diagnosis s...
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Malaysian Medical Association
2021
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/92512/7/92512_It%20is%20tuberculosis%20or%20melioidosis_Scopus.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/92512/8/92512_It%20is%20tuberculosis%20or%20melioidosis http://irep.iium.edu.my/92512/ http://e-mjm.org/2021/v76n5/pulmonary-tuberculosis.pdf |
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| Institution: | Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia |
| Language: | English English |
| Summary: | Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) is an endemic disease in
Malaysia and continues to cause great morbidity and
mortality. However, the diagnosis and treatment may pose a
challenge to the attending physician since other diseases
such as melioidosis can mimic tuberculosis. Hence, the final
diagnosis should be done thorough history of illness,
physical examination, investigations, and interpretation of
findings. We present here a case of a 27-year-old man who
presented at our primary care clinic with underlying
diabetes mellitus whose symptoms were suggestive of PTB,
and who was treated with anti-tuberculosis but later his
sputum grew culture Burkholderia pseudomallei |
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