Imported Melioidosis, Israel, 2008

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Cahn, Avivit ; Koslowsky, Benjamin ; Nir-Paz, Ran ; Temper, Violeta ; Hiller, Nurit ; Karlinsky, Alla ; Gur, Itzhak ; Hidalgo-Grass, Carlos ; Heyman, Samuel N. ; Moses, Allon E. ; Block, Colin
• Description:
  In 2008, melioidosis was diagnosed in an agricultural worker from Thailand in the southern Jordan Valley in Israel. He had newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus, fever, multiple abscesses, and osteomyelitis. Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from urine and blood. Four of 10 laboratory staff members exposed to the organism received chemoprophylaxis, 3 of whom had adverse events.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging
  • Emigrants And Immigrants
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medical Laboratory Personnel
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Risk Assessment
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(11):1809-1811.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Israel ; Thailand
• Location:
  Middle East ; Asia
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17819/cdc_17819_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 262.57 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3f16c075b9057eea9975e9efc47e235fe4a4ef25d863e813285bdbbcdbed0a2e