A 53-year-old patient presented with nonspecific symptoms, including fever, joint pain, and headaches, and eventually developed complications such as pneumonia, osteomyelitis, and sepsis. Despite spending over a month in one of the hospitals in Srinagar, where empiric anti-tubercular treatment was initiated, there was no clinical improvement. The patient’s condition worsened, culminating in sepsis and multiorgan failure. Patient came to our hospital in a critical state, the patient was promptly diagnosed with a rare bacterial infection—Melioidosis. This timely diagnosis proved crucial in managing the patient’s condition.

Melioidosis is caused by the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Among South Asian countries, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are considered endemic for melioidosis; a few cases have been reported from........

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