CDC Tracks Down Rare, Deadly Bacteria in Mississippi Gulf Region
(MedPage Today) -- Three patients diagnosed with melioidosis in a Mississippi Gulf Coast county probably picked up the disease from the local environment, a new report from the CDC confirms.
Researchers recovered Burkholderia pseudomallei, the... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 20, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Emergence of Melioidosis in Brazil: A Case Series Emergence of Melioidosis in Brazil: A Case Series
Melioidosis, caused by the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an emerging infectious disease in Brazil, as documented in this series of seven laboratory-confirmed cases.Journal of Medical Case Reports (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
Burkholderia pseudomallei Laboratory Exposure, Arizona, USA Burkholderia pseudomallei Laboratory Exposure, Arizona, USA
In this report, employees of a microbiology lab were exposed to B pseudomallei from specimens, showing the increased risk for occupational exposure among laboratory staff.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
CDC Warns of Potentially Fatal Bacterial Illness on U.S. Gulf Coast
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 -- A potentially deadly germ has made its way to the U.S. Gulf Coast, health officials warned this week. So far, three cases of infection from the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei have been reported to the U.S. Centers for... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Potentially Fatal Bacterial Illness on U.S. Gulf Coast
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 -- A potentially deadly germ has made its way to the U.S. Gulf Coast, health officials warned this week. So far, three cases of infection from the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei have been reported to the U.S. Centers for... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
CDC Warns of Potentially Fatal Bacterial Illness on U.S. Gulf Coast
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 -- A potentially deadly germ has made its way to the U.S. Gulf Coast, health officials warned this week.
So far, three cases of infection from the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei have been reported to the U.S. Centers for... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Burkholderia thailandensis Isolated From the Environment Burkholderia thailandensis Isolated From the Environment
Burkholderia thailandensis found in soil and water samples could pose a public health risk.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
US public not warned that monkeys imported from Cambodia carried deadly pathogens
Documents reveal that pathogenic agents, zoonotic bacteria and viruses, including one deemed bioterrorism risk, entered US but ‘no indication CDC has been transparent’Animal activists are calling for the US government to stop the importation of non-human primates for laboratory use after documents from the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveal that deadly pathogenic agents, zoonotic bacteria and viruses – including one deemed to be a bioterrorism risk – entered the country with monkeys imported from Asia between 2018 and 2021.Documents obtained by People for the Ethical Treatment of Anima...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 18, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Claire Colley Tags: US news Science Infectious diseases Animals Source Type: news
Notes from the field: Burkholderia pseudomallei detected in a raccoon carcass linked to a multistate aromatherapy-associated melioidosis outbreak -- Texas, 2022 - Petras JK.
This report describes environmental testing on soil and a racoon carcass following a multistate outbreak of melioidosis linked to an aromatherapy room spray.
Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is an environmental gram-negati... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Burkholderia pseudomallei Detected in a Raccoon Carcass Linked to a Multistate Aromatherapy-Associated Melioidosis Outbreak - Texas, 2022
This report describes environmental testing on soil and a racoon carcass following a multistate outbreak of melioidosis linked to an aromatherapy room spray. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - December 15, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Animal-Related Diseases MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Source Type: news
Bacteria Risk Spurs Recall of 8 Million Laundress Products
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 -- The Laundress, a laundry and cleaning products company, has recalled nearly 8 million of its products over concerns they may be contaminated with various bacteria.
The bacteria include Burkholderia cepacia complex, Klebsiella... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 5, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Bacteria Risk Spurs Recall of 8 Million Laundress Products
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 – The Laundress, a laundry and cleaning products company, has recalled nearly 8 million of its products over concerns they may be contaminated with various bacteria.
The bacteria include Burkholderia cepacia complex,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 5, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Outbreak of Burkholderia stabilis Infections Associated with Contaminated Nonsterile, Multiuse Ultrasound Gel - 10 States, May-September 2021
This report describes an outbreak of Burkholderia stabilis infections from contaminated ultrasound gel. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - December 1, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
South Florida Federal Judge Orders Prison Time for Former Pharmatech CEO
FDA OCI, Raidel Figueroa, sentence, owner, Pharmatech, Broward County, FL, drug manufacture, lied, FDA, contaminated, products, pediatric, hospitals, Diocto, Liquid, outbreak, infections, bacteria, Burkholderia cepacia, B. cepacia, respiratory, infections, lies, upgrade, water, system, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - September 6, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
CDC: Bacteria Causing Deadly Disease Found in U.S. Soil for First Time
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC has detected Burkholderia pseudomallei -- a bacteria that can cause the rare and sometimes deadly melioidosis disease -- in environmental samples along the Gulf Coast region.
This marks the first time B. pseudomallei... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - July 28, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
