title: Imported melioidosis, Israel, 2008.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
authors.forename: Avivit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cahn
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koslowsky
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nir-Paz
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Temper
authors.forename: Nurit
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hiller
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karlinsky
authors.forename: Itzhak
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gur
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hidalgo-Grass
authors.forename: Samuel N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Heyman
authors.forename: Allon E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Moses
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Block
mesh_terms: 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