Epidemiology and Investigation of Melioidosis, Southern Arizona

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacterium endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia, but it has not been found to occur endemically in the United States. We report an ostensibly autochthonous case of melioidosis in the United States. Despite an extensive investigation, the source of exposure w...

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Autores principales: Stewart, Tasha, Engelthaler, David M., Blaney, David D., Tuanyok, Apichai, Wangsness, Eric, Smith, Theresa L., Pearson, Talima, Komatsu, Kenneth K., Keim, Paul, Currie, Bart J., Levy, Craig, Sunenshine, Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3381374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21762589
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1707.100661
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Sumario:Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacterium endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia, but it has not been found to occur endemically in the United States. We report an ostensibly autochthonous case of melioidosis in the United States. Despite an extensive investigation, the source of exposure was not identified.

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