Melioidosis in Patients with COVID-19 Exposed to Contaminated Tap Water, Thailand, 2021
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Issued Date
2024-04-01
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ISSN
10806040
eISSN
10806059
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85188983513
Pubmed ID
38526300
Journal Title
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume
30
Issue
4
Start Page
791
End Page
794
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol.30 No.4 (2024) , 791-794
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Tantirat P., Chantarawichian Y., Taweewigyakarn P., Kripattanapong S., Jitpeera C., Doungngern P., Phiancharoen C., Tangwangvivat R., Hinjoy S., Sujariyakul A., Amornchai P., Wongsuvan G., Hantakun V., Wuthiekanun V., Thaipadungpanit J., Thomson N.R., Dance D.A.B., Chewapreecha C., Batty E.M., Limmathurotsakul D. Melioidosis in Patients with COVID-19 Exposed to Contaminated Tap Water, Thailand, 2021. Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol.30 No.4 (2024) , 791-794. 794. doi:10.3201/eid3004.231476 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/97915
Title
Melioidosis in Patients with COVID-19 Exposed to Contaminated Tap Water, Thailand, 2021
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Abstract
In September 2021, a total of 25 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 developed acute melioidosis after (median 7 days) admission to a COVID-19 field hospital in Thailand. Eight nonpotable tap water samples and 6 soil samples were culture-positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei. Genomic analysis suggested contaminated tap water as the likely cause of illness.