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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2007, p. 4077-4080, Vol. 45, No. 12
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01386-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Cystic Fibrosis Patient with Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Acquired in Brazil{triangledown}

Afonso Luís Barth,1* Fernando Antonio de Abreu e Silva,2 Anneliese Hoffmann,2 Maria Izolete Vieira,1 Alexandre Prehn Zavascki,1 Alex Guerra Ferreira,3 Luiz Gonzaga da Cunha Jr.,3 Rodolpho Mattos Albano,4 and Elizabeth de Andrade Marques3

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Unidade de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Rua Ramiro Barcellos 2350, Porto Alegre—RS, Brazil 90035-903. Phone and fax: 51 21018607. E-mail: albarth{at}hcpa.ufrgs.br

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 17 October 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2007, p. 4077-4080, Vol. 45, No. 12
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01386-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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