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. 2019 May;25(5):984-987.
doi: 10.3201/eid2505.180545.

Population-Based Estimate of Melioidosis, Kenya

Esther M Muthumbi, Nicola C Gordon, George Mochamah, Sammy Nyongesa, Emily Odipo, Salim Mwarumba, Neema Mturi, Anthony O Etyang, David A B Dance, J Anthony G Scott, Susan C Morpeth

Population-Based Estimate of Melioidosis, Kenya

Esther M Muthumbi et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 May.

Abstract

Melioidosis is thought to be endemic, although underdiagnosed, in Africa. We identified 5 autochthonous cases of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in a case series in Kenya. Incidence of B. pseudomallei bacteremia in Kenya's Kilifi County is low, at 1.5 cases per million person-years, but this result might be an underestimate.

Keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; Kenya; PCR; bacteria; incidence; melioidosis; misidentification; surveillance.

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Identification of gentamicin-resistant, glucose-nonfermenting bacilli and Burkholderia pseudomallei from isolates collected from patients at Kilifi County Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya, 1994–2012.
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