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There is still lack of research in this field. We look forward to more well designed studies to help us understand this disease entity better.

The use of BAL Xpert may obviate the need for TBLB in increasing the diagnostic yield of PTB in sputum-scarce or AFB smear-negative patients.

Severe rhabdomyolysis is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication of dengue fever that is not well characterised and may be underreported. With the resurgence and continued rise of dengue cases worldwide, physicians must be aware of the less common but serious complications of dengue. Here, we report a patient who presented with severe rhabdomyolysis secondary to dengue fever with a serum creatine kinase of 742 900 U/L.

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