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
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
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
Potentially Deadly Bacteria Detected in U.S. Soil for First Time
The bacteria, Burkholderia pseudomallei, was found along the Gulf Coast region of Southern Mississippi. Previously, it had been detected in parts of Asia and Australia. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: McKenna Oxenden Tags: Bacteria Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Far East, South and Southeast Asia and Pacific Areas Gulf Coast (US) Mississippi United States Source Type: news
CDC Sleuths Find Source Of Deadly Melioidosis Outbreak Is A Room Spray Sold At Walmart
An outbreak of melioidosis was solved by the CDC when Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes the infection, showed up in the aromatherapy bottle from the Georgia patient ’s home. We need to better support public health. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 24, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Judy Stone, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
Host cell fusion in bacteria infection alarms immune system, causing host cell destruction
(National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine) NUS Medicine researchers have identified a new trigger for our immune system--abnormal fusion of host cells to form giant cells after infection by pathogens such as the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Cell fusion triggered the cGAS-STING pathway, activating a type 1 interferon response which kills pathogens. In extensive cell fusion, cGAS-STING caused the giant cells to self-destruct instead. Since the DNA in the giant cells was damaged, self-destruction likely prevents these cells from becoming cancerous. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 7, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
UCLA-led research reveals potential treatments for deadly tropical disease
Melioidosis is a tropical disease that claims an estimated 90,000 lives worldwide each year. There is no vaccine, and current treatments are hampered by the ability of the bacterium that causes the disease to resist even the strongest antibiotics.Hardy and lethal, that bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei, is classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a potential bioweapon.UCLA-led research has identified two compounds that, based on tests on human cells and on mice, show potential for treating melioidosis. One is a widely used drug already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an antifu...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - September 11, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
SURVEILLANCE SUMMARIES: Melioidosis Cases and Selected Reports of Occupational Exposures to Burkholderia pseudomallei — United States, 2008–2013
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - July 3, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
