title: Melioidosis as a consequence of sporting activity.
abstract: In the tropical city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, dry season soil sampling cultured Burkholderia pseudomallei from 7 (70%) of 10 sports fields. However, during the 23 years of the Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study, only 5 (0.6%) of 785 melioidosis cases have been attributed to infection from sports fields. In one soccer player with cutaneous melioidosis, B. pseudomallei cultured from the player was identical by multilocus sequence typing and multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis with an isolate recovered from soil at the location on the sports field where he was injured. Melioidosis is uncommon in otherwise healthy sports persons in melioidosis-endemic regions but still needs consideration in persons with abrasion injuries that involve contact with soil.
authors.affiliation: Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. audrey.hill@menzies.edu.au
authors.forename: Audrey A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.forename: Mirjam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaestli
authors.forename: Erin P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Leisha J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Spratt
authors.forename: Bart J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Currie
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D015876:Northern Territory; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012916:Soccer; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents