title: Cystic fibrosis patient with Burkholderia pseudomallei infection acquired in Brazil.
abstract: Burkholderia pseudomallei is rarely isolated from cystic fibrosis patients outside known areas of endemicity. We report the recovery of B. pseudomallei from the sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient who lives in Brazil. We highlight the importance of careful attention to unusual nonfermentative gram-negative rods in cystic fibrosis patients.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil. albarth@hcpa.ufrgs.br
authors.forename: Afonso Luís
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: Fernando Antonio
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: de Abreu E Silva
authors.forename: Anneliese
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Maria Izolete
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Alexandre Prehn
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Zavascki
authors.forename: Alex Guerra
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Luiz Gonzaga
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: da Cunha
authors.forename: Rodolpho Mattos
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Albano
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Andrade Marques
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001938:Brazil; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S