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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gee, Jay E
• Bower, William A
• Kunkel, Amber
• Petras, Julia
• Gettings, Jenna
• Bye, Maria
• Firestone, Melanie
• Elrod, Mindy G
• Liu, Lindy
• Blaney, David D
• Zaldivar, Allison
• Raybern, Chelsea
• Ahmed, Farah S
• Honza, Heidi
• Stonecipher, Shelley
• O’Sullivan, Briana J
• Lynfield, Ruth
• Hunter, Melissa
• Brennan, Skyler
• Pavlick, Jessica
• Gabel, Julie
• Drenzek, Cherie
• Geller, Rachel
• Lee, Crystal
• Ritter, Jana M
• Zaki, Sherif R
• Gulvik, Christopher A
• Wilson, W. Wyatt
• Beshearse, Elizabeth
• Currie, Bart J
• Webb, Jessica R
• Weiner, Zachary P
• Negrón, María E
• Hoffmaster, Alex R

Titel

Multistate Outbreak of Melioidosis Associated with Imported Aromatherapy Spray

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2022-03, Vol.386 (9), p.861-868

Ort / Verlag

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Melioidosis, caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an uncommon infection that is typically associated with exposure to soil and water in tropical and subtropical environments. It is rarely diagnosed in the continental United States. Patients with melioidosis in the United States commonly report travel to regions where melioidosis is endemic. We report a cluster of four non–travel-associated cases of melioidosis in Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, and Texas. These cases were caused by the same strain of B. pseudomallei that was linked to an aromatherapy spray product imported from a melioidosis-endemic area. Four cases of non–travel-associated melioidosis (caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei ) that were identified across the United States were associated with the use of a contaminated aromatherapy room spray.