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.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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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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author 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.
author_facet 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.
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spelling pubmed-67592632019-10-02 Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017 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. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6759263/ /pubmed/31538918 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.180959 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.
spellingShingle Dispatch
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.
Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017
title Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017
title_full Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017
title_fullStr Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017
title_full_unstemmed Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017
title_short Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017
title_sort melioidosis after hurricanes irma and maria, st. thomas/st. john district, us virgin islands, october 2017
topic Dispatch
url 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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