Tuberculosis mimicked by melioidosis.

Background: In regions endemic for tuberculosis (TB) such as India, presumptive anti-tuberculosis treatment is often prescribed. Melioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, is underdiagnosed in India, due to lack of awareness and a low index of suspicion.

Setting: A tertiary care hospital in south India.

Epidemiological shift, seasonal variation and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among enteric fever pathogens in South India.

Between January 2005 and December 2006, a higher incidence of paratyphoid fever (53.8%) compared to typhoid fever (44.9%) has been observed at a tertiary hospital in South India.

Melioidosis: an under-diagnosed entity in western coastal India: a clinico-microbiological analysis.

Clinico-microbiological analysis of a series of 25 patients with culture proven melioidosis was done. All patients came from the coastal regions of Kerala and Karnataka and presented between June 2005 to July 2006. They were analysed with respect to clinical presentation, occupation, epidemiology and microbiological features.