Pornpan SuntornsutKriangsak KasemsupatSanti SilairatanaGumphol WongsuvanYaowaruk JutrakulVanaporn WuthiekanunNicholas P.J. DaySharon J. PeacockDirek LimmathurotsakulMahidol UniversityUdon Thani Center HospitalNuffield Department of Clinical MedicineUniversity of Cambridge2018-10-192018-10-192013-11-01American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.89, No.5 (2013), 983-985000296372-s2.0-84888617429https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/31847The 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.Mahidol UniversityImmunology and MicrobiologyMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.4269/ajtmh.13-0286