Pneumonia and Septicemia Caused by Burkholderia thailandensis in the United States

Burkholderia thailandensis is closely related to Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis. It is generally considered avirulent and previously has been reported to occur only in Southeast Asia. We report the first case of pneumonia and septicemia caused by B. thailandensis in th...

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Published inJournal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 44; no. 12; pp. 4601 - 4604
Main Authors Glass, Mindy B, Gee, Jay E, Steigerwalt, Arnold G, Cavuoti, Dominick, Barton, Theresa, Hardy, R. Doug, Godoy, Daniel, Spratt, Brian G, Clark, Thomas A, Wilkins, Patricia P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.12.2006
Subjects
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacteremia - drug therapy
Bacteremia - microbiology
Bacterial diseases
bacterial pneumonia
Bacterial sepsis
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Burkholderia - isolation & purification
Burkholderia Infections - drug therapy
Burkholderia Infections - microbiology
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Burkholderia thailandensis
Case Reports
case studies
Child, Preschool
DNA, Bacterial - chemistry
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal - genetics
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genes, rRNA
Human bacterial diseases
human diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Pneumonia, Bacterial - drug therapy
Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
septicemia
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
United States
United States
North America
America
USA
Lung disease
Pneumonia
Microbiology
Respiratory disease
Septicemia
Bacteria
Burkholderia
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Summary:Burkholderia thailandensis is closely related to Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis. It is generally considered avirulent and previously has been reported to occur only in Southeast Asia. We report the first case of pneumonia and septicemia caused by B. thailandensis in the United States.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, MS G34, 1600 Clifton Rd. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: (404) 639-4055. Fax: (404) 639-3023. E-mail: mglass@cdc.gov.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
1098-5530
DOI:10.1128/JCM.01585-06