MALDI-TOF MS contribution to diagnosis of melioidosis in a nonendemic country in three French travellers

Abstract

Melioidosis is an endemic disease in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. An increasing number of cases are being reported in nonendemic countries, making the diagnosis less obvious. We discuss the identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei using matrix-assisted desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry on the occasion of recent cases of imported melioidosis in French travellers.

Keywords

• Burkholderia pseudomallei
• diagnosis
• imported infectious disease
• MALDI-TOF MS
• melioidosis