Melioidosis is a pyogenic infection with high mortality caused by the bacterium 
Burkholderia pseudomallei. As the clinical presentation is not distinctive, a 
high index of clinical suspicion is required for diagnosis. We present a case of 
a 50-year-old farmer who was diabetic and a chronic alcoholic, who presented to 
us with pneumonia, followed by septic arthritis. He was ultimately diagnosed as 
having melioidosis.