1. Melioidosis in a Resident of Texas with No Recent Travel History, United States.
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Cossaboom, Caitlin M., Marinova-Petkova, Atanaska, Strysko, Jonathan, Rodriguez, Gretchen, Maness, Trevor, Ocampo, Jaime, Gee, Jay E., Elrod, Mindy G., Gulvik, Christopher A., Liu, Lindy, Bower, William A., Hoffmaster, Alex R., Blaney, David D., Salzer, Johanna S., Yoder, Jonathan S., Mattioli, Mia C., Sidwa, Thomas J., Ringsdorf, Lillian, Morrow, Gale, and Ledezma, Elvia
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MELIOIDOSIS ,TEXANS ,BURKHOLDERIA pseudomallei ,TRAVEL - Abstract
To our knowledge, environmental isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, from the continental United States has not been reported. We report a case of melioidosis in a Texas resident. Genomic analysis indicated that the isolate groups with B. pseudomallei isolates from patients in the same region, suggesting possible endemicity to this region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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