Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2019)

Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017

  • Irene Guendel,
  • Lisa LaPlace Ekpo,
  • Mary K. Hinkle,
  • Cosme J. Harrison,
  • David D. Blaney,
  • Jay E. Gee,
  • Mindy G. Elrod,
  • Sandra Boyd,
  • Christopher A. Gulvik,
  • Lindy Liu,
  • Alex R. Hoffmaster,
  • Brett R. Ellis,
  • Tai Hunte-Ceasar,
  • Esther M. Ellis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.180959
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 10
pp. 1952 – 1955

Abstract

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We report 2 cases of melioidosis in women with diabetes admitted to an emergency department in the US Virgin Islands during October 2017. These cases emerged after Hurricanes Irma and Maria and did not have a definitively identified source. Poor outcomes were observed when septicemia and pulmonary involvement were present.

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