Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteria in Ornamental Fish Tanks, Vientiane, Laos, 2023

Abstract

In 2019, a melioidosis case in Maryland, USA, was shown to have been acquired from an ornamental fish tank contaminated with Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria, likely derived from Southeast Asia. We investigated the presence of B. pseudomallei in ornamental fish tanks in the endemic area of Vientiane, Laos.

Keywords

• Burkholderia pseudomallei
• melioidosis
• fish tank
• Vientiane
• Laos
• bacteria