Pulmonary tuberculosis and neurologic melioidosis coinfection-first case report from Madurai

被引：1

作者：

Vithiya, G. ^{[1
,2
]}

Rajendran, T. ^{[1
]}

Velvizhi, S. ^{[1
]}

Ramesh, A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Velammal Med Coll, Hosp & Res Inst, Dept Microbiol, Madurai, India

[2] RS 45-6,Plot 20 Babu Nagar Main Rd, Madurai 625009, India

来源：

INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2023年 / 46卷

关键词：

Tuberculosis with melioidosis; Scalp abscess; Neurologic melioidosis; SERIES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.100458

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

Despite tuberculosis and melioidosis being endemic in many countries, coinfections are unusual. Only fourteen cases of tuberculosis melioidosis coinfections have been reported. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of coinfection of tuberculosis and neurologic melioidosis. We report a case of 48 year diabetic male presented with fever, headache and altered sensorium for two days. On examination, there was scalp abscess with subgaleal hematom pus culture of which grew B. pseudomallei. Sputum culture grew the same and sputum tuberculosis PCR was positive. Patient was concurrently treated for both the conditions and recovered.

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