@article{892d68eac34342f984f5c35595812747,
title = "Epidemiology and investigation of melioidosis, Southern Arizona",
abstract = "Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacterium endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia, but it has not been found to occur endemically in the United States. We report an ostensibly autochthonous case of melioidosis in the United States. Despite an extensive investigation, the source of exposure was not identified.",
keywords = "ceftazidime, clindamycin, cotrimoxazole, doxycycline, gentamicin, imipenem, meropenem, metronidazole, moxifloxacin, vancomycin, acute kidney failure, adult, anemia, antibiotic sensitivity, arthrocentesis, article, artificial ventilation, bacterium culture, blood sampling, Burkholderia pseudomallei, case report, epidemiological data, Escherichia coli, fever, human, human tissue, hypotension, intubation, knee pain, male, melioidosis, pneumoperitoneum, pneumothorax, rehabilitation care, respiratory failure, sepsis, transesophageal echocardiography, United States, valvular heart disease, Adult, Arizona, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, DNA, Bacterial, Humans, Hypertension, Incidental Findings, Male, Melioidosis, Obesity, Population Groups",
author = "Tasha Stewart and Engelthaler, {David M} and David Blaney and Apichai Tuanyok and Eric Wangsness and Theresa Smith and Talima Pearson and Kenneth Komatsu and Keim, {Paul S} and Bart Currie and Craig Levy and Rebecca Sunenshine",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.3201/eid1707.100661",
language = "English",
volume = "17",
pages = "1286--1288",
journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1080-6040",
publisher = "Centres for Disease Control and Prevention",
number = "7",
}