Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017

We report 2 cases of melioidosis in women with diabetes admitted to an emergency department in the US Virgin Islands during October 2017. These cases emerged after Hurricanes Irma and Maria and did not have a definitively identified source. Poor outcomes were observed when septicemia and pulmonary i...

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Autores principales: Guendel, Irene, Ekpo, Lisa LaPlace, Hinkle, Mary K., Harrison, Cosme J., Blaney, David D., Gee, Jay E., Elrod, Mindy G., Boyd, Sandra, Gulvik, Christopher A., Liu, Lindy, Hoffmaster, Alex R., Ellis, Brett R., Hunte-Ceasar, Tai, Ellis, Esther M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6759263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31538918
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.180959
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Sumario:We report 2 cases of melioidosis in women with diabetes admitted to an emergency department in the US Virgin Islands during October 2017. These cases emerged after Hurricanes Irma and Maria and did not have a definitively identified source. Poor outcomes were observed when septicemia and pulmonary involvement were present.

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