Clinical Manifestations and Genomic Evaluation of Melioidosis Outbreak among Children after Sporting Event, Australia

Clinical Manifestations and Genomic Evaluation of Melioidosis Outbreak among Children after Sporting Event, Australia

Melioidosis, caused by the environmental gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, usually develops in adults with predisposing conditions and in Australia more commonly occurs during the monsoonal wet season. We report an outbreak of 7 cases of melioidosis in immunocompetent children in A...

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Main Authors: Simon Smith, Tonia Marquardt, Amy V. Jennison, Andrew D’Addona, James Stewart, Trent Yarwood, Jennifer Ho, Enzo Binotto, Julian Harris, Mark Fahmy, Juliet Esmonde, Megan Richardson, Rikki M.A. Graham, Richard Gair, Lawrence Ariotti, Annie Preston-Thomas, Sally Rubenach, Siobhan O’Sullivan, Darren Allen, Thomas Ragh, Sachjuan Grayson, Sophie Manoy, Jeffery M. Warner, Ella M. Meumann, Jennifer M. Robson, Josh Hanson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Burkholderia pseudomallei
melioidosis
bacteria
tropical medicine
pediatrics
public health
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/11/23-0951_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/11/23-0951_article

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