Imported melioidosis, Israel, 2008.
In 2008, melioidosis was diagnosed in an agricultural worker from Thailand in the southern Jordan Valley in Israel. He had newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus, fever, multiple abscesses, and osteomyelitis. Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from urine and blood. Four of 10 laboratory staff members exposed to the organism received chemoprophylaxis, 3 of whom had adverse events.
Cahn
Avivit
A
Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Koslowsky
Benjamin
B
Nir-Paz
Ran
R
Temper
Violeta
V
Hiller
Nurit
N
Karlinsky
Alla
A
Gur
Itzhak
I
Hidalgo-Grass
Carlos
C
Heyman
Samuel N
SN
Moses
Allon E
AE
Block
Colin
C
D000328:Adult; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed