Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Infect Public Health. 2020 May;13(5):824-826. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.01.310. Epub 2020 Mar 7.
Melioidosis is an infectious disease of tropical climates. The disease is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Most cases are diagnosed in southeast Asia and northern Australia. Some imported cases diagnosed in returning tourists, soldiers, and immigrants from endemic areas. It caught much attention since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) designated B. pseudomallei as an agent for biological warfare and terrorism. We describe two cases of a 26-year-old Saudi woman who had fulminant sepsis soon after returning from Thailand & a 48-year-old woman with a long history of fever. B. pseudomallei was isolated from both patients blood cultures, and they had different consequences. A confirmed case of melioidosis was not reported before in Saudi Arabia.
类鼻疽是一种热带气候传染病。该病由伯克霍尔德菌引起。大多数病例发生在东南亚和澳大利亚北部。一些在返回的游客、士兵和来自流行地区的移民中诊断出的输入性病例。自从疾病控制和预防中心（CDC）将伯克霍尔德菌指定为生物战剂和恐怖主义制剂以来，它引起了广泛关注。我们描述了两例 26 岁沙特女性，她们在从泰国返回后很快出现暴发性败血症，还有一例 48 岁女性有长期发热史。从两名患者的血液培养物中均分离出了伯克霍尔德菌，且后果不同。在沙特阿拉伯以前没有报告过确诊的类鼻疽病例。
