1Centro de Investigaciones Microbiológicas del Cesar (CIMCE), Valledupar, Colombia.
2Clínica Laura Daniela, Valledupar, Colombia.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Nov;103(5):1838-1840. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0223.
is an emerging pathogen in the Americas. Cases of mother-to-child transmission of are rare and probably occur by placental or perinatal infection. We report the first case of native gestational and neonatal melioidosis in the Western hemisphere. The isolated strains in the mother and newborn were confirmed by whole-genome sequencing and identified as a novel sequence type ST1748. The comparison of both genomes revealed a nucleotide similarity of 100%. Melioidosis should be considered within the differential diagnosis of febrile illness or pneumonia in pregnant women and newborns from endemic areas of the Americas.
是一种在美洲出现的新兴病原体。母婴传播 的 病例很少见，可能是通过胎盘或围产期感染。我们报告了西半球首例本土妊娠期和新生儿类鼻疽病例。通过全基因组测序证实了母亲和新生儿分离株均为新型 ST1748 序列型。对两个基因组的比较显示，核苷酸相似度为 100%。对于来自美洲类鼻疽流行地区的孕妇和新生儿的发热性疾病或肺炎，应考虑类鼻疽的鉴别诊断。
