Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2023)

Burkholderia pseudomallei Laboratory Exposure, Arizona, USA

  • Lisa J. Speiser,
  • Erin H. Graf,
  • Maria Teresa Seville,
  • Kai Singbartl,
  • Mary L. Dalton,
  • Denise Harrington,
  • Melissa Kretschmer,
  • Marina Kuljanin,
  • Karen Zabel,
  • Rebecca Sunenshine,
  • Irene Ruberto,
  • Heather Venkat,
  • Thomas E. Grys

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2905.221865
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 5
pp. 1061 – 1063

Abstract

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We describe an incidental Burkholderia pseudomallei laboratory exposure in Arizona, USA. Because melioidosis cases are increasing in the United States and B. pseudomallei reservoirs have been discovered in the Gulf Coast Region, US laboratory staff could be at increased risk for B. pseudomallei exposure.

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