%0 Journal Article
%T Septicaemic Melioidosis Complicated by Septic Arthritis in A Bangladeshi male: A Case Report
%A AKM Musa
%A Farhana Afroz
%A Hasna Fahmima Haque
%A Muhammad Abdur Rahim
%A Samira Rahat Afroze
%A Suchismita Debnath
%J Bangladesh Journal of Medicine
%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.3329/bjmed.v29i2.37946
%X Melioidosis is an uncommon disease in Bangladesh but in recent years increasing numbers of cases are being diagnosed. A case of septicaemic melioidosis occurring in a young Bangladeshi returning worker is reported here. The patient presented with fever and features of septic arthritis. Diagnostic work-up revealed the growth of Burkholderia pseudomallei from blood and synovial fluid cultures. This case highlights the importance of high index of clinical suspicion for melioidosis in appropriate clinical scenario. Bangladesh J Medicine Jul 2018; 29(2) : 94-96
%K Bangladesh
%K Burkholderia pseudomallei
%K fever
%K melioidosis
%K septic arthritis
%U https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJMED/article/view/37946