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Reversed halo sign: Do not forget Melioidosis

Published:2024-03-04 Issue:5 Volume:31 Page:
ISSN:1195-1982
Container-title:Journal of Travel Medicine
language:en
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Author:

Gupta Nitin¹²,Malla Sundeep³,Tirlangi Praveen Kumar¹²,Magazine Rahul⁴²,Uk Chandrashekar⁵²,Ravindra Prithvishree⁶²,Bhat Rachana⁶²,Varma Muralidhar¹²,Mukhopadhyay Chiranjay⁷²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Infectious Diseases , Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, , Manipal 576104 , India

2. Manipal Academy of Higher Education , Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, , Manipal 576104 , India

3. Department of Radiodiagnosis, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences , Faridabad 121002 , India

4. Department of Respiratory Medicine , Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, , Manipal 576104 , India

5. Department of Medicine , Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, , Manipal 576104 , India

6. Department of Emergency Medicine , Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, , Manipal 576104 , India

7. Department of Microbiology , Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, , Manipal 576104 , India

Abstract

In uncontrolled diabetics from South Asia, it is commonplace to diagnose pulmonary mucormycosis in the presence of a reversed halo sign (RHS) on imaging. However, travel medicine practitioners should be aware that RHS in South Asians with similar risk factors can also be seen in pulmonary melioidosis.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/jtm/taae036/57063531/taae036.pdf

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