Melioidosis in Mauritius

We report the first case of human melioidosis from Mauritius, where Burkholderia pseudomallei has never been isolated. The patient was immunocompromised, had never traveled abroad, and had a history of regular exposure to mud. She became ill at a time when rainfall was higher than the monthly averag...

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Autores principales: Issack, Mohammad Iqbal, Bundhun, Chundr Dutt, Gokhool, Hemraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15705340
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1101.040605
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description We report the first case of human melioidosis from Mauritius, where Burkholderia pseudomallei has never been isolated. The patient was immunocompromised, had never traveled abroad, and had a history of regular exposure to mud. She became ill at a time when rainfall was higher than the monthly average.
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spelling pubmed-32943292012-03-08 Melioidosis in Mauritius Issack, Mohammad Iqbal Bundhun, Chundr Dutt Gokhool, Hemraj Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report the first case of human melioidosis from Mauritius, where Burkholderia pseudomallei has never been isolated. The patient was immunocompromised, had never traveled abroad, and had a history of regular exposure to mud. She became ill at a time when rainfall was higher than the monthly average. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3294329/ /pubmed/15705340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1101.040605 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294329/
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