Table 2.
Clinical features and demographics of patients with reported melioidosis and tuberculosis coinfection.
Our case | Sulaiman et al. [3] | Azali et al. [4] | Shetty et al. [5] | Shenoy et al. [6] | Kim et al. [7] | |
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Country | Singapore | Malaysia | Malaysia | India | India | Korea |
Age/gender | 64/male | 54/male | 49/male | 40/male | 40/male | 60/male |
Risk factor | Chronic alcoholism | Diabetes mellitus | None | Diabetes mellitus | Diabetes mellitus | None |
Occupational exposure | Cable jointer | Palm oil plantation worker | Agricultural department staff | Agriculturist in paddy fields | Paddy field worker | Welder |
Sites of infection | Gastrointestinal tract, lung, splenic abscess | Cervical abscess | Liver abscess | Lung | Neck abscess | Pneumonia |