Contact investigation of melioidosis cases reveals regional endemicity in puerto rico

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 243-250

  Doker, Thomas J ^a   Sharp, Tyler M ^a   Rivera Garcia, Brenda ^b   Perez Padilla, Janice ^a   Benoit, Tina J ^a   Ellis, Esther M ^a   Elrod, Mindy G ^a   Gee, Jay E ^a   Shieh, Wun Ju ^b   Beesley, Cari A ^a   Ryff, Kyle R ^b   Traxler, Rita M ^a   Galloway, Renee L ^a   Haberling, Dana L ^a   Waller, Lance A ^c   Shadomy, Sean V ^a   Bower, William A ^a   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^a   Walke, Henry T ^a   Blaney, David D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; emerging infectious disease; melioidosis; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFEPIME; PARACETAMOL; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COWORKER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELIOIDOSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SKIN INJURY; SKIN ULCER; SOIL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WOUND; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924965662     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu764     Document Type: Article

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