Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Nov;89(5):983-985. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0286. Epub 2013 Sep 23.
The clinical and radiological features of pulmonary melioidosis can mimic tuberculosis. We prospectively evaluated 118 patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis who were acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear negative at Udon Thani Hospital, northeast Thailand. Culture of residual sputum from AFB testing was positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei in three patients (2.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.5-7.3%). We propose that in melioidosis-endemic areas, residual sputum from AFB testing should be routinely cultured for B. pseudomallei.
肺类鼻疽的临床和影像学特征可与肺结核类似。我们前瞻性评估了 118 例在泰国东北部乌隆他尼医院经抗酸杆菌(AFB)涂片检查为阴性、疑似肺结核的患者。3 例患者(2.5%;95%置信区间 [CI] 0.5-7.3%)的 AFB 检测剩余痰培养结果为伯克霍尔德菌假单胞菌阳性。我们建议在类鼻疽流行地区,应常规对 AFB 检测的剩余痰进行伯克霍尔德菌假单胞菌培养。