Environmental isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Ceará State, northeastern Brazil.
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.
Rolim
Dione B
DB
Postgraduate Program in Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Rocha
Marcos F G
MF
Brilhante
Raimunda S N
RS
Cordeiro
Rossana A
RA
Leitão
Natanael P
NP
Inglis
Timothy J J
TJ
Sidrim
José J C
JJ
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology