Melioidosis in a Resident of Texas with No Recent Travel History, United States

Melioidosis in a Resident of Texas with No Recent Travel History, United States

To our knowledge, environmental isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, from the continental United States has not been reported. We report a case of melioidosis in a Texas resident. Genomic analysis indicated that the isolate groups with B. pseudomallei isolates...

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Main Authors: Caitlin M. Cossaboom, Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, Jonathan Strysko, Gretchen Rodriguez, Trevor Maness, Jaime Ocampo, Jay E. Gee, Mindy G. Elrod, Christopher A. Gulvik, Lindy Liu, William A. Bower, Alex R. Hoffmaster, David D. Blaney, Johanna S. Salzer, Jonathan S. Yoder, Mia C. Mattioli, Thomas J. Sidwa, Lillian Ringsdorf, Gale Morrow, Elvia Ledezma, Amanda Kieffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
melioidosis
Burkholderia pseudomallei
bacteria
autochthonous
emerging pathogen
endemicity
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/19-0975_article

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