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. 2017 Jan-Mar;9(1):32-33.
doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.194372.

Septicemic Melioidosis with Ruptured Splenic Abscess in a Patient with Thalassemia Intermedia

Angel T Miraclin  1 , Selvin Sundar Raj Mani  1 , Sandhya Suresh  1 , Ramya Iyyadurai  1
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Septicemic Melioidosis with Ruptured Splenic Abscess in a Patient with Thalassemia Intermedia

Angel T Miraclin et al. J Glob Infect Dis. 2017 Jan-Mar.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A 4 cm × 2.2 cm abscess in the lower pole of spleen with breech in the capsule and adjacent perisplenic collection
Figure 2
Figure 2
Peripherally situated wedge-shaped splenic infarcts
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