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In resource-limited settings, culture-based diagnostics are often slow, delaying appropriate treatment, or unavailable. We conducted an interventional ambispective cohort study to assess the impact and diagnostic accuracy of the Active Melioidosis Detect Plus rapid diagnostic test (AMD-RDT) in Cambodian children with suspected skin and soft tissue melioidosis (SST-M). The retrospective cohort (July 2022\u2013July 2023) received standard diagnostics; the prospective cohort (July 2023\u2013December 2024) included AMD-RDT testing. Twenty-five retrospective culture-confirmed participants and 107 participants (31 culture-confirmed) in the prospective arm were analysed. Median time from pus collection to appropriate antibiotic initiation was 118.4 hours in the retrospective arm and 14.4 hours in the prospective arm (p\u2009=\u20090.057). 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