Melioidosis acquired by a traveler from Papua New Guinea

Z Kong; Y Fang; M Zhang; J Hong; Z Tan; Z Yuan; F Zhu; X Mao; Z Jin; Y Zhu; J Chen

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.12.010

Melioidosis acquired by a traveler from Papua New Guinea

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2016 May-Jun;14(3):267-70. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.12.010. Epub 2016 Jan 20.

Authors

Z Kong¹, Y Fang², M Zhang³, J Hong⁴, Z Tan⁴, Z Yuan³, F Zhu⁴, X Mao², Z Jin⁵, Y Zhu⁶, J Chen⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology of the College of Medical Laboratory Science & Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
³ Zhenjiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhenjiang, China.
⁴ Key Lab of Enteric Pathogenic Microbiology, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China.
⁵ Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
⁶ Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. Electronic address: jszyf@jscdc.cn.
⁷ Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. Electronic address: cjg02@126.com.

PMID: 26831499
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.12.010

Abstract

Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is of public health importance in endemic areas, particularly in tropical and sub-tropical areas. We describe a case of melioidosis contracted by a man with diabetes from Papua New Guinea that was evaluated using multi-locus sequence typing and whole genome sequencing.

Keywords: Drug resistance; Melioidosis; Molecular epidemiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Burkholderia pseudomallei / genetics
Burkholderia pseudomallei / isolation & purification*
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Male
Melioidosis / blood
Melioidosis / diagnosis*
Melioidosis / drug therapy
Melioidosis / microbiology*
Middle Aged
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Papua New Guinea
Radiography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Travel*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents