Imported Melioidosis, Israel, 2008

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• 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
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3f16c075b9057eea9975e9efc47e235fe4a4ef25d863e813285bdbbcdbed0a2e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17819/cdc_17819_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 262.57 KB ]