Rare melioidosis disease bacterium endemic in southern continental United States: What healthcare providers need to know infectiousdisease publichealth environmentalhealth GulfCoast
, is now locally endemic to the southern continental United States. Melioidosis is significant: Globally, it's fatal in up to half of people infected, and as a nationally notifiable disease in the United States, melioidosis should always be reported to state health departments and CDC.
It is not known how long the bacterium has been in the environment and where else it might be found in the United States, but CDC scientists were not shocked by this discovery because the environmental conditions found in the Gulf Coast states are conducive to the growth of.
Cases of domestically acquired melioidosis also have been linked to contaminated commercial products imported from disease-endemic countries. This recently occurred in 2021 when four cases distributed across four states were linked to an imported contaminated. Melioidosis has a wide range of nonspecific symptoms, such as fever, joint pain, and headaches. It also can cause pneumonia, abscess formation, or blood infections.
Now that we know the bacteria is found in the continental United States, it is even more important for healthcare providers to be informed about melioidosis and to consider it when conducting diagnostics, particularly among people living in Gulf Coast states.
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