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Short report: Prevalence of melioidosis in patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis and sputum smear negative for acid-fast bacilli in northeast Thailand

dc.contributor.authorPornpan Suntornsuten_US
dc.contributor.authorKriangsak Kasemsupaten_US
dc.contributor.authorSanti Silairatanaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGumphol Wongsuvanen_US
dc.contributor.authorYaowaruk Jutrakulen_US
dc.contributor.authorVanaporn Wuthiekanunen_US
dc.contributor.authorNicholas P.J. Dayen_US
dc.contributor.authorSharon J. Peacocken_US
dc.contributor.authorDirek Limmathurotsakulen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahidol Universityen_US
dc.contributor.otherUdon Thani Center Hospitalen_US
dc.contributor.otherNuffield Department of Clinical Medicineen_US
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Cambridgeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-19T05:00:29Z
dc.date.available2018-10-19T05:00:29Z
dc.date.issued2013-11-01en_US
dc.description.abstractThe clinical and radiological features of pulmonary melioidosis can mimic tuberculosis. We prospectively evaluated 118 patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis who were acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear negative at Udon Thani Hospital, northeast Thailand. Culture of residual sputum from AFB testing was positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei in three patients (2.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.5-7.3%). We propose that in melioidosis-endemic areas, residual sputum from AFB testing should be routinely cultured for B. pseudomallei. Copyright © 2013 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.89, No.5 (2013), 983-985en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4269/ajtmh.13-0286en_US
dc.identifier.issn00029637en_US
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-84888617429en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/31847
dc.rightsMahidol Universityen_US
dc.rights.holderSCOPUSen_US
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dc.subjectImmunology and Microbiologyen_US
dc.subjectMedicineen_US
dc.titleShort report: Prevalence of melioidosis in patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis and sputum smear negative for acid-fast bacilli in northeast Thailanden_US
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