Unmasking Parotid Melioidosis: A Clinical Enigma That Defies Occam’s Razor
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Melioidosis aka Whitmore disease is a rare emerging infection of gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is an endemic in South-east Asia but is mostly under-diagnosed and under-reported in the Indian subcontinent. We report a case series of cervical melioidosis in patients with comorbidities. This study was undertaken to analyze the epidemiological risk factors, clinical manifestations and outcomes of melioidosis in India in a tertiary health care center during the course of 2 years (2021 – 2023).
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