Rolim Dione B, Rocha Marcos F G, Brilhante Raimunda S N, Cordeiro Rossana A, Leitão Natanael P, Inglis Timothy J J, Sidrim José J C
Postgraduate Program in Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Feb;75(4):1215-8. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01953-08. Epub 2008 Dec 19.
Melioidosis has been considered an emerging disease in Brazil since the first cases were reported to occur in the northeast region. This study investigated two municipalities in Ceará state where melioidosis cases have been confirmed to occur. Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated in 26 (4.3%) of 600 samples in the dry and rainy seasons.
自巴西东北地区报告首例类鼻疽病病例以来,类鼻疽病一直被视为该国的一种新发疾病。本研究对塞阿拉州已确诊有类鼻疽病病例发生的两个市进行了调查。在旱季和雨季采集的600份样本中,有26份(4.3%)分离出了类鼻疽杆菌。