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Melioidosis in Patients with COVID-19 Exposed to Contaminated Tap Water, Thailand, 2021.

Tantirat, Panupong; Chantarawichian, Yotsathon; Taweewigyakarn, Pantila; Kripattanapong, Somkid; Jitpeera, Charuttaporn; Doungngern, Pawinee; Phiancharoen, Chadaporn; Tangwangvivat, Ratanaporn; Hinjoy, Soawapak; Sujariyakul, Anupong; Amornchai, Premjit; Wongsuvan, Gumphol; Hantakun, Viriya; Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn; Thaipadungpanit, Janjira; Thomson, Nicholas R; Dance, David A B; Chewapreecha, Claire; Batty, Elizabeth M; Limmathurotsakul, Direk.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 30(4): 791-794, 2024 Apr.

Article En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38526300

In September 2021, a total of 25 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 developed acute melioidosis after (median 7 days) admission to a COVID-19 field hospital in Thailand. Eight nonpotable tap water samples and 6 soil samples were culture-positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei. Genomic analysis suggested contaminated tap water as the likely cause of illness.

Burkholderia pseudomallei , COVID-19 , Melioidosis , Humans , Melioidosis/epidemiology , Thailand/epidemiology , Burkholderia pseudomallei/genetics , Water