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This is the third imported case of\n                    <jats:italic>B. pseudomallei<\/jats:italic>\n                    from Oman in a 46-year-old Indian male with left knee septic arthritis in less than three weeks after arrival in Oman. He underwent open arthrotomy, and his synovial fluid culture grew a bacteria with dry, pink colonies that were oxidase positive, susceptible to amoxicillin\u2013clavulanic, identified by API NE as\n                    <jats:italic>B. pseudomallei<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and confirmed by molecular tests. This single case report highlights the urgent need to increase molecular diagnostic capacity and improve public health surveillance while maintaining a one health tripartite approach.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5339\/qmj.2022.13","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,11]],"date-time":"2022-03-11T04:30:28Z","timestamp":1646973028000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Burkholderia pseudomallei Septic Arthritis of the Knee Joint: Report of a Third Imported Case in Oman"],"prefix":"10.5339","volume":"2022","author":[{"given":"Maya","family":"Al Salti","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Microbiologist, Rustaq Hospital, MOH, South Batinah Governorate, Oman"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mahmood","family":"Al Subhi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Microbiologist, Rustaq Hospital, MOH, South Batinah Governorate, 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