title: Environmental isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Ceará State, northeastern Brazil.
abstract: Melioidosis has been considered an emerging disease in Brazil since the first cases were reported to occur in the northeast region. This study investigated two municipalities in Ceará state where melioidosis cases have been confirmed to occur. Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated in 26 (4.3%) of 600 samples in the dry and rainy seasons.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dione B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Rolim
authors.forename: Marcos F G
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Raimunda S N
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Brilhante
authors.forename: Rossana A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: Natanael P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Leitão
authors.forename: Timothy J J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Inglis
authors.forename: José J C
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sidrim
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology