Disseminated melioidosis complicated by osteomyelitis and pulmonary embolism in a patient with sickle cell disease and type 1 diabetes: A rare clinical triad

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Bacterial infection : disease Indian Ocean islands : location environment : other respiratory tract : physiology

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