title: A Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Imported from Eritrea to Israel.
abstract: Although it has been predicted that melioidosis is probably endemic in the Horn of Africa, no confirmed cases have ever been detected in the region. We have recently isolated Burkholderia pseudomallei from an Eritrean patient in Israel. The isolate was assigned a novel multilocus sequence type (ST-1479). The observation has important epidemiological implications in an era of massive human migration.
authors: Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors: Yaniv
authors: Y
authors: Almog
authors: Infectious Diseases Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors: Yael
authors: Y
authors: Yagel
authors: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors: Yuval
authors: Y
authors: Geffen
authors: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. yagupsky@bgu.ac.il.
authors: Pablo
authors: P
authors: Yagupsky
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D019017:Eritrea; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial