A 52-year-old man in the Northern Territory presents during the wet season with fever, pneumonia and septic shock. He has diabetes and hazardous

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A 52-year-old man in the Northern Territory presents during the wet season with fever, pneumonia and septic shock. He has diabetes and hazardous alcohol use. Blood cultures grow a Gram-negative bacillus later identified as Burkholderia pseudomallei. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Melioidosis

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Leptospirosis

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Legionnaires disease

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Q fever

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Psittacosis

Melioidosis — RACP Written MCQ

A 52-year-old man in the Northern Territory presents during the wet season with fever, pneumonia and septic shock. He has diabetes and hazardous alcohol use. Blood cultures grow a Gram-negative bacillus later identified as Burkholderia pseudomallei. What is the most likely diagnosis?