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Case Reports
. 2019 Aug;25(8):1531-1534.
doi: 10.3201/eid2508.170786.

Case Series Study of Melioidosis, Colombia

José Y Rodríguez, Soraya E Morales-López, Gerson J Rodríguez, Carlos A Álvarez-Moreno, Kelin Esquea, Heidy Pinzon, Luis R Ramirez, Lilian Moreno, Walter Ocampo, Martha L Cepeda
Case Reports

Case Series Study of Melioidosis, Colombia

José Y Rodríguez et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

We report 7 cases of melioidosis in Colombia and comparision of 4 commercial systems for identifying Burkholderia pseudomallei. Phoenix systems were not a definitive method for identifying B. pseudomallei. For accurate identification, we recommend including this bacterium in the library databases of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry systems in Latin America.

Keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; Colombia; bacteria; melioidosis; pneumonia.

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Geographic locations of 7 reported cases of melioidosis in Colombia.
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