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CASE REPORT

Cystic Fibrosis Patient with Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Acquired in Brazil

Unidade de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil,¹ Setor de Pneumologia Pediátrica, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil,² Departamento de Microbiologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,³ Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil⁴

Received 10 July 2007/ Returned for modification 20 August 2007/ Accepted 27 September 2007

Burkholderia pseudomallei is rarely isolated from cystic fibrosis patients outside known areas of endemicity. We report the recovery of B. pseudomallei from the sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient who lives in Brazil. We highlight the importance of careful attention to unusual nonfermentative gram-negative rods in cystic fibrosis patients.

Published ahead of print on 17 October 2007.