Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017

Authors :: Guendel, Irene
Ekpo, Lisa LaPlace
Hinkle, Mary K.
Harrison, Cosme J.
Blaney, David D.
Gee, Jay E.
Elrod, Mindy G.
Boyd, Sandra
Gulvik, Christopher A.
Liu, Lindy
Hoffmaster, Alex R.
Ellis, Brett R.
Hunte-Ceasar, Tai
Ellis, Esther M.
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. October 2019, Vol. 25 Issue 10, p1952, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: Melioidosis is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a saprophytic, gram-negative bacillus endemic to tropical regions worldwide (1). Diagnosis is difficult because of wide-ranging clinical manifestations (2), and this bacterium is innately [...]

Subjects :: United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Diagnosis
Care and treatment
Health aspects
Pseudomonas infections -- Care and treatment -- Diagnosis -- Health aspects
Tetracyclines -- Health aspects
Imipenem -- Health aspects
Infection -- Care and treatment -- Diagnosis -- Health aspects
Hurricanes -- Health aspects
Methicillin -- Health aspects
Meropenem -- Health aspects
Diabetics -- Care and treatment -- Health aspects
Septicemia

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