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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2024 Apr;30(4):791-794.
doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231476.
Melioidosis in Patients with COVID-19 Exposed to Contaminated Tap Water, Thailand, 2021
Panupong Tantirat, Yotsathon Chantarawichian, Pantila Taweewigyakarn, Somkid Kripattanapong, Charuttaporn Jitpeera, Pawinee Doungngern, Chadaporn Phiancharoen, Ratanaporn Tangwangvivat, Soawapak Hinjoy, Anupong Sujariyakul, Premjit Amornchai, Gumphol Wongsuvan, Viriya Hantakun, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Nicholas R Thomson, David A B Dance, Claire Chewapreecha, Elizabeth M Batty, Direk Limmathurotsakul
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.
Keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Thailand; coronavirus disease; melioidosis; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; tap water; vaccine-preventable diseases; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2024 Apr;30(4):791-794.
doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231476.
Melioidosis in Patients with COVID-19 Exposed to Contaminated Tap Water, Thailand, 2021
Panupong Tantirat, Yotsathon Chantarawichian, Pantila Taweewigyakarn, Somkid Kripattanapong, Charuttaporn Jitpeera, Pawinee Doungngern, Chadaporn Phiancharoen, Ratanaporn Tangwangvivat, Soawapak Hinjoy, Anupong Sujariyakul, Premjit Amornchai, Gumphol Wongsuvan, Viriya Hantakun, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Nicholas R Thomson, David A B Dance, Claire Chewapreecha, Elizabeth M Batty, Direk Limmathurotsakul
- PMID: 38526300
- DOI: 10.3201/eid3004.231476
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.
Keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Thailand; coronavirus disease; melioidosis; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; tap water; vaccine-preventable diseases; viruses; zoonoses.