1.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
; 71(50): 1597-1598, 2022 12 16.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36520678
Assuntos
Aromaterapia , Burkholderia pseudomallei , Melioidose , Animais , Humanos , Melioidose/epidemiologia , Guaxinins , Texas/epidemiologia , Surtos de Doenças
2.
N Engl J Med
; 386(9): 861-868, 2022 03 03.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35235727
RESUMO
Melioidosis, caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an uncommon infection that is typically associated with exposure to soil and water in tropical and subtropical environments. It is rarely diagnosed in the continental United States. Patients with melioidosis in the United States commonly report travel to regions where melioidosis is endemic. We report a cluster of four non-travel-associated cases of melioidosis in Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, and Texas. These cases were caused by the same strain of B. pseudomallei that was linked to an aromatherapy spray product imported from a melioidosis-endemic area.