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

Authors

  • Iracema Sampaio Miralles Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Ceará; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública
  • Maria do Carmo Alves Maciel Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Ceará; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública
  • Maria Rozzelê Ferreira Angelo Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Ceará; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública
  • Mirna Moura Gondini Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Ceará; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública
  • Luiza Helena Feitosa Frota Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Ceará; Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública
  • Cristhiane Moura Falavina dos Reis FIOCRUZ; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
  • Ernesto Hofer FIOCRUZ; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Keywords:

Burkholderia pseudomallei, Melioidosis, Ceará, Brazil

Abstract

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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Published

2004-02-01

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 1 (2004)

Section

Case Report

How to Cite

Miralles, I. S., Maciel, M. do C. A., Angelo, M. R. F., Gondini, M. M., Frota, L. H. F., Reis, C. M. F. dos, & Hofer, E. (2004). Burkholderia pseudomallei: a case report of a human infection in Ceará, Brazil . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 46(1), 51-54. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/30782