Burkholderia thailandensis Isolated from Infected Wound, Arkansas, USA

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Nov;24(11):2091-2094. doi: 10.3201/eid2411.180821.

Abstract

The bacterium Burkholderia thailandensis, a member of the Burkholderia pseudomallei complex, is generally considered nonpathogenic; however, on rare occasions, B. thailandensis infections have been reported. We describe a clinical isolate of B. thailandensis, BtAR2017, recovered from a patient with an infected wound in Arkansas, USA, in 2017.

Keywords: Arkansas; Burkholderia; United States; bacteria; clinical; melioidosis; pseudomallei; thailandensis; wound.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arkansas
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Burkholderia / classification*
  • Burkholderia / genetics
  • Burkholderia Infections / diagnosis
  • Burkholderia Infections / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Genome, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Phylogeny
  • Wound Infection / diagnosis
  • Wound Infection / microbiology*