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Burkholderia thailandensis Isolated from the Environment, United States

Carina M Hall et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Burkholderia thailandensis, an opportunistic pathogen found in the environment, is a bacterium closely related to B. pseudomallei, the cause of melioidosis. Human B. thailandensis infections are uncommon. We isolated B. thailandensis from water in Texas and Puerto Rico and soil in Mississippi in the United States, demonstrating a potential public health risk.

Keywords: Arkansas; Burkholderia; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Burkholderia thailandensis; Louisiana; Mississippi; Oklahoma; Puerto Rico; Texas; United States; Western Hemisphere; bacteria; environmental pathogens; genomic islands; local adaptation; water; waterborne infections.

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Whole-genome maximum-likelihood phylogeny of global isolates in study of Burkholderia thailandensis from the environment in the United States (Table). Tree was constructed with 1,000 bootstrap replicates and rooted with B. pseudomallei. Bold indicates B. thailandensis genomes generated from isolates collected in this study; other B. thailandensis from the Western Hemisphere have epidemiologic information underlined. Scale bar indicates 3,000 SNPs.
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