title: MALDI-TOF MS contribution to diagnosis of melioidosis in a nonendemic country in three French travellers.
abstract: Melioidosis is an endemic disease in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. An increasing number of cases are being reported in nonendemic countries, making the diagnosis less obvious. We discuss the identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei using matrix-assisted desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry on the occasion of recent cases of imported melioidosis in French travellers.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, , Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Walewski
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, , Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Méchaï
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, , Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Billard-Pomares
authors.affiliation: Medico-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Juguet
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, , Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jauréguy
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, , Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.affiliation: Medico-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tandjaoui-Lambiotte
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, , Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carbonnelle
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, , Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bouchaud
keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; MALDI-TOF MS; diagnosis; imported infectious disease; melioidosis