Melioidosis as a consequence of sporting activity.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 89(2): 365-6, 2013 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-23732257
ABSTRACT
In the tropical city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, dry season soil sampling cultured Burkholderia pseudomallei from 7 (70%) of 10 sports fields. However, during the 23 years of the Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study, only 5 (0.6%) of 785 melioidosis cases have been attributed to infection from sports fields. In one soccer player with cutaneous melioidosis, B. pseudomallei cultured from the player was identical by multilocus sequence typing and multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis with an isolate recovered from soil at the location on the sports field where he was injured. Melioidosis is uncommon in otherwise healthy sports persons in melioidosis-endemic regions but still needs consideration in persons with abrasion injuries that involve contact with soil.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fútbol
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Microbiología del Suelo
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Burkholderia pseudomallei
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Enfermedades Cutáneas Bacterianas
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Melioidosis
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia