Melioidosis in a Resident of Texas with No Recent Travel History, United States
Caitlin M. Cossaboom, Atanaska Marinova‐Petkova, Jonathan Strysko, G. Marcela Rodríguez, Trevor Maness, Jaime Ocampo, Jay E. Gee, Mindy G. Elrod, Christopher A. Gulvik, Lindy Liu, William A. Bower, Alex R. Hoffmaster, David D. Blaney, Johanna S. Salzer, Jonathan S. Yoder, Mia Mattioli, Thomas J. Sidwa, Lillian Ringsdorf, Gale Morrow, Elvia Ledezma, Amanda Kieffer
Abstract
B urkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioido- sis, is a gram-negative saprophytic bacterium endemic to tropical and subtropical environments worldwide; to our knowledge, isolation from the continental United States has not been reported (1-3). The most overrepresented risk factor for melioidosis is diabetes mellitus (3,4). B. pseudomallei is resistant to many antimicrobial drugs (3). Laboratory exposures might occur without appropriate biosafety precautions (2,5).