Cystic fibrosis patient with Burkholderia pseudomallei infection acquired in Brazil

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Dec;45(12):4077-80. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01386-07. Epub 2007 Oct 17.

Abstract

Burkholderia pseudomallei is rarely isolated from cystic fibrosis patients outside known areas of endemicity. We report the recovery of B. pseudomallei from the sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient who lives in Brazil. We highlight the importance of careful attention to unusual nonfermentative gram-negative rods in cystic fibrosis patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brazil
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei / genetics
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei / isolation & purification*
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei / physiology
  • Cystic Fibrosis / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Melioidosis / drug therapy
  • Melioidosis / microbiology*
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sputum / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S