1. A Review of Melioidosis Cases in the Americas.
- Author
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Benoit TJ, Blaney DD, Doker TJ, Gee JE, Elrod MG, Rolim DB, Inglis TJ, Hoffmaster AR, Bower WA, and Walke HT
- Subjects
- Burkholderia pseudomallei, Caribbean Region epidemiology, Central America epidemiology, Humans, Incidence, North America epidemiology, South America epidemiology, Melioidosis epidemiology
- Abstract
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 To better understand the incidence of the disease in the Americas, we reviewed the literature, including unpublished cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.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., (© The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.)
- Published
- 2015
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