A Review of Melioidosis Cases in the Americas
| Autor: | Mindy G. Elrod, Thomas J. Doker, David D. Blaney, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Dionne B. Rolim, Henry Walke, Tina J. Benoit, Timothy J. J. Inglis, Jay E. Gee, William A. Bower |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Melioidosis Burkholderia pseudomallei Disease Disease distribution Microbiology Virology Epidemiology Medicine Humans biology business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Mortality rate Incidence Central America Articles South America medicine.disease biology.organism_classification bacterial infections and mycoses Disease control Infectious Diseases Caribbean Region North America bacteria Parasitology business Demography |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 93(6) |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 |
| Popis: | Melioidosis is a bacterial infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a gram-negative saprophytic bacillus. Cases occur sporadically in the Americas with an increasing number of cases observed among people with no travel history to endemic countries. To better understand the incidence of the disease in the Americas, we reviewed the literature, including unpublished cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of 120 identified human cases, occurring between 1947 and June 2015, 95 cases (79%) were likely acquired in the Americas; the mortality rate was 39%. Burkholderia pseudomallei appears to be widespread in South, Central, and North America. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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