Burkholderia pseudomallei: a case report of a human infection in Ceará, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Iracema Sampaio Miralles²  Maria Do Carmo Alves Maciel²  Maria Rozzelê Ferreira Angelo²  Mirna Moura Gondini²  Luiza Helena Feitosa Frota²  Cristhiane Moura Falavina Dos Reis¹  Ernesto Hofer¹ 

[1] ,Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Ceará Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública Fortaleza Ceará ,Brasil

关键词: Burkholderia pseudomallei;    Melioidosis;    Ceará;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652004000100011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Burkholderia pseudomallei has rarely been isolated from environmental and clinical specimens in South America, particularly, in Brazil. This report describes a case of melioidosis with fulminant sepsis in a 10 year old boy, from rural area, in Tejuçuoca, State of Ceará, Brazil. Blood samples were positive and, through the analysis of results from biochemical tests and of drugs susceptibility profile, identified this gram-negative bacillus as B. pseudomallei. The contamination source remains obscure in this case, as soil and water tanks samples submitted to microbiological analyses did not indicate the presence of B. pseudomallei.

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