Case Report: Gestational Melioidosis through Perinatal Transmission

José Y. Rodríguez; Mónica G. Huertas; Gerson J. Rodríguez; Sandra Vargas-Otalora; Miguel A. Benıtez-Peñuela; Kelin Esquea; Rafael Rios; Laura R. Mendoza; Lorena Diaz; Jinnethe Reyes; Carlos A. Álvarez-Moreno

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0223

Case Report: Gestational Melioidosis through Perinatal Transmission

José Y. Rodríguez
, Mónica G. Huertas
, Gerson J. Rodríguez
, Sandra Vargas-Otalora
, Miguel A. Benıtez-Peñuela
, Kelin Esquea
, Rafael Rios
, Laura R. Mendoza
, Lorena Diaz
, Jinnethe Reyes
, Carlos A. Álvarez-Moreno

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Burkholderia pseudomallei is an emerging pathogen in the Americas. Cases of mother-to-child transmission of B. pseudomallei 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1838-1840
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	103
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0223
State	Published - Nov 2020
Externally published	Yes

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