TITLE:
More than just Tuberculosis and Burkholderia cepacia Pulmonary Co-Infection
AUTHORS:
Faroek Dinmohamed, Dwight Tong Sang, Francis T. Mawie, Iswardath Thakoer, Fitzgerald A. Gopie
KEYWORDS:
Tuberculosis, Burkholderia cepacia, Melioidosis, Sarcoidosis
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Tuberculosis Research,
Vol.14 No.1,
March
16,
2026
ABSTRACT: A male marine mechanic, 45 years of age, had an anamnesis and chest X-ray suitable for miliary Tuberculosis (TB). Diagnosis of drug-sensitive TB was confirmed after bronchoalveolar lavage was performed. Achromobacter xylosoxidans and Burkholderia cepacia were also detected in the lavage. Eight weeks after treatment with first-line tuberculostatics there was no further clinical improvement nor further resolution of the pulmonary lesions on the follow-up chest X-ray. At this point, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole was added to the treatment regimen resulting in progressive improvement of the patient and his chest X-ray.