Cystic Fibrosis Patient with Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Acquired in Brazil

Burkholderia pseudomallei is rarely isolated from cystic fibrosis patients outside known areas of endemicity. We report the recovery of B. pseudomallei from the sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient who lives in Brazil. We highlight the importance of careful attention to unusual nonfermentative gram-n...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2007-12, Vol.45 (12), p.4077-4080
Main Authors: Barth, Afonso Luís, de Abreu e Silva, Fernando Antonio, Hoffmann, Anneliese, Vieira, Maria Izolete, Zavascki, Alexandre Prehn, Ferreira, Alex Guerra, da Cunha, Luiz Gonzaga Jr, Albano, Rodolpho Mattos, de Andrade Marques, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial diseases
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Burkholderia pseudomallei - genetics
Burkholderia pseudomallei - isolation & purification
Burkholderia pseudomallei - physiology
Case Reports
Cystic Fibrosis - complications
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Melioidosis
Melioidosis - drug therapy
Melioidosis - microbiology
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
RNA, Bacterial - genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sputum - microbiology
Tropical bacterial diseases
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Summary:Burkholderia pseudomallei is rarely isolated from cystic fibrosis patients outside known areas of endemicity. We report the recovery of B. pseudomallei from the sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient who lives in Brazil. We highlight the importance of careful attention to unusual nonfermentative gram-negative rods in cystic fibrosis patients.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
1098-5530
DOI:10.1128/JCM.01386-07