Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2014)

Melioidosis Caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei in Drinking Water, Thailand, 2012

  • Direk Limmathurotsakul,
  • Gumphol Wongsuvan,
  • David Aanensen,
  • Sujittra Ngamwilai,
  • Natnaree Saiprom,
  • Patpong Rongkard,
  • Janjira Thaipadungpanit,
  • Manas Kanoksil,
  • Narisara Chantratita,
  • Nicholas P.J. Day,
  • Sharon J. Peacock

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2002.121891
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 2
pp. 265 – 268

Abstract

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We identified 10 patients in Thailand with culture-confirmed melioidosis who had Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated from their drinking water. The multilocus sequence type of B. pseudomallei from clinical specimens and water samples were identical for 2 patients. This finding suggests that drinking water is a preventable source of B. pseudomallei infection.

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