Melioidosis in patients with suspected tuberculosis in Cambodia: a single-center cross-sectional study

Pho, Y.; Nhem, S.; Sok, C.; By, B.; Phann, D.; Nob, H.; Thann, S.; Yin, S.; Kim, C.; Letchford, J.; Fassier, Thomas; Chan, S.; West, T. E.

doi:10.5588/ijtld.17.0294

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Melioidosis in patients with suspected tuberculosis in Cambodia: a single-center cross-sectional study

ContributorsPho, Y.; Nhem, S.; Sok, C.; By, B.; Phann, D.; Nob, H.; Thann, S.; Yin, S.; Kim, C.; Letchford, J.; Fassier, Thomas

; Chan, S.; West, T. E.

Published inInternational Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, vol. 22, no. 12, p. 1481-1485

Publication date2018

Abstract

Melioidosis-Burkholderia pseudomallei infection-is increasingly recognized in Cambodia, a country with a high incidence of tuberculosis (TB). Melioidosis and TB can be clinically indistinguishable. Objective: To quantify the proportion of patients with clinically suspected TB who had melioidosis by testing sputum for B. pseudomallei.

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Diagnostics
Infection
Lung

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PHO, Y. et al. Melioidosis in patients with suspected tuberculosis in Cambodia: a single-center cross-sectional study. In: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2018, vol. 22, n° 12, p. 1481–1485. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0294

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PID : unige:151284
DOI : 10.5588/ijtld.17.0294
PMID : 30606321

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/10.5588/ijtld.17.0294

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