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

The 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 testin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2013-11, Vol.89 (5), p.983-985
Hauptverfasser:	Suntornsut, Pornpan, Kasemsupat, Kriangsak, Silairatana, Santi, Wongsuvan, Gumphol, Jutrakul, Yaowaruk, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Day, Nicholas P J, Peacock, Sharon J, Limmathurotsakul, Direk
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Bacteriological Techniques Burkholderia pseudomallei - isolation & purification Culture Media Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Male Melioidosis - diagnosis Melioidosis - epidemiology Melioidosis - microbiology Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis Prevalence Prospective Studies Short Report Sputum - microbiology Thailand - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology
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