title: A 42-year-old farmer from Bangladesh with respiratory failure, septic arthritis, and multiple cavitating consolidations.
abstract: A 42-year-old man was directly admitted to the ICU with respiratory failure and hypotension. Two weeks prior and just after returning from Bangladesh, he presented to a polyclinic with fever, right knee pain, and generalized aches, for which he received oral antibiotics. He was a farmer, had diabetes, never smoked, and consumed alcohol occasionally.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respirology and Sleep Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Laboratory Center, Yiaco Medical Co, Al-Adan Hospital, Ahmadi, Kuwait. Electronic address: dr_alshatti@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mohammed H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: AlShati
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Microbiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Laboratory Center, Yiaco Medical Co, Al-Adan Hospital, Ahmadi, Kuwait.
authors.forename: Rajinder M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000208:ethnology; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014195:Travel