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Imported Melioidosis, Israel, 2008
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Nov 2009
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 15(11):1809-1811.
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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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.
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