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Vietnamese tuberculosis

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Vietnamese tuberculosis refers to certain forms of chronic melioidosis that look clinically very similar to tuberculosis. It is derived from the clinical appearance of the disease in American soldiers returning from the Vietnam War.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Currie, Bart J. (2015). "Melioidosis: Evolving Concepts in Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment". Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 36 (1): 111–125. doi:10.1055/s-0034-1398389. PMID 25643275. https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0034-1398389. 




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