Melioidosis Caused by Burkholderia Pseudomallei in Drinking Water, Thailand, 2012

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2014 Jan 23

PMID 24447771

Citations 45

Authors

Direk Limmathurotsakul

Gumphol Wongsuvan

David Aanensen

Sujittra Ngamwilai

Natnaree Saiprom

Patpong Rongkard

Janjira Thaipadungpanit

Manas Kanoksil

Narisara Chantratita

Nicholas P J Day

Sharon J Peacock

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Abstract

We identified 10 patients in Thailand with culture-confirmed melioidosis who had Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated from their drinking water. The multilocus sequence type of B. pseudomallei from clinical specimens and water samples were identical for 2 patients. This finding suggests that drinking water is a preventable source of B. pseudomallei infection.

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