Isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from a Pet Green Iguana, Belgium

We isolated Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, from liver granulomas of a pet green iguana (Iguana iguana) in Belgium. This case highlights a risk for imported green iguanas acting as a reservoir for introduction of this high-threat, zoonotic pathogen into nonendemic regi...

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Autores principales: Hellebuyck, Tom, Wattiau, Pierre, Boyen, Filip, Moeremans, Ilse, Roosens, Nancy H., Vanneste, Kevin, Garmyn, An, Saey, Veronique, Pasmans, Frank, Haesebrouck, Freddy
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6256409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30457548
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.171661
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author Hellebuyck, Tom
Wattiau, Pierre
Boyen, Filip
Moeremans, Ilse
Roosens, Nancy H.
Vanneste, Kevin
Garmyn, An
Saey, Veronique
Pasmans, Frank
Haesebrouck, Freddy
author_facet Hellebuyck, Tom
Wattiau, Pierre
Boyen, Filip
Moeremans, Ilse
Roosens, Nancy H.
Vanneste, Kevin
Garmyn, An
Saey, Veronique
Pasmans, Frank
Haesebrouck, Freddy
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description We isolated Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, from liver granulomas of a pet green iguana (Iguana iguana) in Belgium. This case highlights a risk for imported green iguanas acting as a reservoir for introduction of this high-threat, zoonotic pathogen into nonendemic regions.
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spelling pubmed-62564092018-12-05 Isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from a Pet Green Iguana, Belgium Hellebuyck, Tom Wattiau, Pierre Boyen, Filip Moeremans, Ilse Roosens, Nancy H. Vanneste, Kevin Garmyn, An Saey, Veronique Pasmans, Frank Haesebrouck, Freddy Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We isolated Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, from liver granulomas of a pet green iguana (Iguana iguana) in Belgium. This case highlights a risk for imported green iguanas acting as a reservoir for introduction of this high-threat, zoonotic pathogen into nonendemic regions. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6256409/ /pubmed/30457548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.171661 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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Hellebuyck, Tom
Wattiau, Pierre
Boyen, Filip
Moeremans, Ilse
Roosens, Nancy H.
Vanneste, Kevin
Garmyn, An
Saey, Veronique
Pasmans, Frank
Haesebrouck, Freddy
Isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from a Pet Green Iguana, Belgium
title Isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from a Pet Green Iguana, Belgium
title_full Isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from a Pet Green Iguana, Belgium
title_fullStr Isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from a Pet Green Iguana, Belgium
title_full_unstemmed Isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from a Pet Green Iguana, Belgium
title_short Isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from a Pet Green Iguana, Belgium
title_sort isolation of burkholderia pseudomallei from a pet green iguana, belgium
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6256409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30457548
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.171661
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