Case report: Imported melioidosis from Goa, India to Israel, 2018

Tal Brosh-Nissimov; Daniel Grupel; Shlomi Abuhasira; Hanna Leskes; Maayan Israeli; Shirley Lazar; Uri Elia; Ofir Israeli; Adi Beth-Din; Erez Bar-Haim; Inbar Cohen-Gihon; Anat Zvi; Ofer Cohen; Theodor Chitlaru

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.19-0303

Case report: Imported melioidosis from Goa, India to Israel, 2018

Tal Brosh-Nissimov, Daniel Grupel, Shlomi Abuhasira, Hanna Leskes, Maayan Israeli, Shirley Lazar, Uri Elia, Ofir Israeli, Adi Beth-Din, Erez Bar-Haim, Inbar Cohen-Gihon, Anat Zvi, Ofer Cohen, Theodor Chitlaru

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A previously healthy young man presented with a chronic cavitary pulmonary infection that began while in Goa, India. Burkholderia pseudomallei was cultured from sputum samples. The infection fully resolved after prolonged antibiotic treatment. Other than traveling during the monsoon season, extensive use of well-water for water-pipe smoking of cannabis was identified as a possible risk factor for infection. This is one of the first reports of travel-associated melioidosis from India. Genomic and immunological characterization suggested that the B. pseudomallei isolate collected from the reported case exhibited limited similarity to other B. pseudomallei strains.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	580-584
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	101
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0303
State	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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Case report: Imported melioidosis from Goa, India to Israel, 2018

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