Al Salti Maya, Al Subhi Mahmood, Al-Jardani Amina, Al-Rashdi Azza, Almayahi Zayid K
Medical Microbiologist, Rustaq Hospital, MOH, South Batinah Governorate, Oman.
Medical Microbiologist, Central Public Health Laboratories, MOH, Muscat, Oman.
Qatar Med J. 2022 Mar 4;2022(1):13. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2022.13. eCollection 2022.
Melioidosis is a severe disease that can affect humans and animals. It is caused by which is an environmental aerobic gram negative bacteria. Despite being endemic in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia, many cases have been reported from different regions, including the Middle East. This is the third imported case of from Oman in a 46-year-old Indian male with left knee septic arthritis in less than three weeks after arrival in Oman. He underwent open arthrotomy, and his synovial fluid culture grew a bacteria with dry, pink colonies that were oxidase positive, susceptible to amoxicillin-clavulanic, identified by API NE as , and confirmed by molecular tests. This single case report highlights the urgent need to increase molecular diagnostic capacity and improve public health surveillance while maintaining a one health tripartite approach.
类鼻疽是一种可影响人类和动物的严重疾病。它由一种环境需氧革兰氏阴性菌引起。尽管在东南亚和澳大利亚北部为地方病，但包括中东在内的不同地区都报告了许多病例。这是一名46岁印度男性在抵达阿曼不到三周后，从阿曼输入的第三例类鼻疽病例，该患者患有左膝化脓性关节炎。他接受了切开手术，其滑膜液培养出一种细菌，该细菌具有干燥、粉红色菌落，氧化酶呈阳性，对阿莫西林-克拉维酸敏感，通过API NE鉴定为类鼻疽杆菌，并经分子检测确认。这一病例报告突出表明，迫切需要提高分子诊断能力并改善公共卫生监测，同时维持“同一健康”三方合作方法。
