Melioidosis mimicking tubercular cold abscess

摘要: Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative bacillus found in soil. The infection thought to occur by inoculation or inhalation. It usually affects people with predisposing factors like diabetes mellitus and chronic alcoholism. A 36-year-old man, on the treatment of past 4 years, oral hypoglycaemic drugs, presented us pain insidious onset swelling over left loin lumbar cold abscess. He underwent incision drainage As per culture report, we used ceftazidime for 2 weeks, followed cotrimoxazole 6 months. Surgical large abscesses indicated. dedicated team microbiologist physicians required identify treat disease. Orthopaedic manifestations are uncommon.