Burkholderia pseudomallei Antibodies in Children, Cambodia

Abstract

Antibodies to Burkholderia pseudomallei were detected in 16% of children in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This organism was isolated from 30% of rice paddies in the surrounding vicinity. Despite the lack of reported indigenous cases, melioidosis is likely to occur in Cambodia.

Keywords

• Burkholderia pseudomallei
• Cambodia
• environmental sampling
• melioidosis
• seropositivity
• dispatch