title: Melioidosis acquired by a traveler from Papua New Guinea.
abstract: Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is of public health importance in endemic areas, particularly in tropical and sub-tropical areas. We describe a case of melioidosis contracted by a man with diabetes from Papua New Guinea that was evaluated using multi-locus sequence typing and whole genome sequencing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology of the College of Medical Laboratory Science & Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Zhenjiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhenjiang, China.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Enteric Pathogenic Microbiology, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Enteric Pathogenic Microbiology, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Zhenjiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhenjiang, China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Enteric Pathogenic Microbiology, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology of the College of Medical Laboratory Science & Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. Electronic address: jszyf@jscdc.cn.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. Electronic address: cjg02@126.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D011859:Radiography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Drug resistance; Melioidosis; Molecular epidemiology