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. 2024 Feb 4;196(4):E129-E132.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.230902.

Melioidosis with septic arthritis in a returning traveller

Mara Waters  1 , Ellen G Avery  2 , Greg J German  2 , Sigmund Krajden  2 , Yan Chen  2
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Melioidosis with septic arthritis in a returning traveller

Mara Waters et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: Greg German reports acting as a Board member of Phage Canada (a nonprofit organization). No other competing interests were declared.

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Figure 1:
Growth of Burkholderia pseudomallei on blood agar after 24-hour incubation of fluid aspirated from the ankle of a 64-year-old woman with 3 days of left ankle pain and fevers after travel to India 6 weeks earlier.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Magnetic resonance imaging of the ankle: sagittal view with T2-weighting showing findings suggestive of abscess with high signal (arrow) posterior to the distal tibia.
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