Melioidosis in Travelers Returning from Vietnam to France

Jérôme Gauthier; Patrick Gérôme; Maryline Defez; Fabienne Neulat-Ripoll; Barbara Foucher; Thierry Vitry; Lionel Crevon; Eric Valade; François M Thibault; Fabrice V Biot

doi:10.3201/eid2209.160169

Melioidosis in Travelers Returning from Vietnam to France

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Sep;22(9):1671-3. doi: 10.3201/eid2209.160169.

Authors

Jérôme Gauthier, Patrick Gérôme, Maryline Defez, Fabienne Neulat-Ripoll, Barbara Foucher, Thierry Vitry, Lionel Crevon, Eric Valade, François M Thibault, Fabrice V Biot

No abstract available

Keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; France; MALDI-MS; Vietnam; bacteria; bacterial infection; cervical lymphadenitis; melioidosis; outbreak; travel medicine.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Burkholderia pseudomallei / classification
Burkholderia pseudomallei / genetics
Burkholderia pseudomallei / isolation & purification
Communicable Diseases, Imported / diagnosis
Communicable Diseases, Imported / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Imported / microbiology*
Communicable Diseases, Imported / transmission*
France
Humans
Male
Melioidosis / diagnosis
Melioidosis / epidemiology
Melioidosis / microbiology*
Melioidosis / transmission*
Travel*
Vietnam