TY - JOUR
T1 - Case Report
T2 - Gestational Melioidosis through Perinatal Transmission
AU - Rodríguez, José Y.
AU - Huertas, Mónica G.
AU - Rodríguez, Gerson J.
AU - Vargas-Otalora, Sandra
AU - Benıtez-Peñuela, Miguel A.
AU - Esquea, Kelin
AU - Rios, Rafael
AU - Mendoza, Laura R.
AU - Diaz, Lorena
AU - Reyes, Jinnethe
AU - Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85095862334
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0223
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0223
M3 - Article
C2 - 32748772
AN - SCOPUS:85095862334
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 103
SP - 1838
EP - 1840
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -
