Melioidosis as a cause of femoral osteomyelitis and multifocal intramuscular abscess around the hip joint in a farmer: a case report
<p>Melioidosis is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by the soil transmitted saprophyte <em>Burkholderia pseudomallei. </em>Though Sri Lanka being considered a non endemic country, with the increasing number of cases reported recently there is mounting evidence that the...
Main Authors: | KMD Rodrigo, R Premaratna, HJ de Silva, E Corea |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology
2013-02-01
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Series: | Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/4655 |
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