Multistate Outbreak of Melioidosis Associated with Imported Aromatherapy Spray

Jay E. Gee; William A. Bower; Amber Kunkel; Julia Petras; Jenna Gettings; Maria Bye; Melanie Firestone; Mindy G. Elrod; Lindy Liu; David D. Blaney; Allison Zaldivar; Chelsea Raybern; Farah S. Ahmed; Heidi Honza; Shelley Stonecipher; Briana J. O'Sullivan; Ruth Lynfield; Melissa Hunter; Skyler Brennan; Jessica Pavlick; Julie Gabel; Cherie Drenzek; Rachel Geller; Crystal Lee; Jana M. Ritter; Sherif R. Zaki; Christopher A. Gulvik; W. Wyatt Wilson; Elizabeth Beshearse; Bart J. Currie; Jessica R. Webb; Zachary P. Weiner; Mariá E. Negrón; Alex R. Hoffmaster

doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2116130

Multistate Outbreak of Melioidosis Associated with Imported Aromatherapy Spray

Jay E. Gee
, William A. Bower
, Amber Kunkel
, Julia Petras
, Jenna Gettings
, Maria Bye
, Melanie Firestone
, Mindy G. Elrod
, Lindy Liu
, David D. Blaney
, Allison Zaldivar
, Chelsea Raybern
, Farah S. Ahmed
, Heidi Honza
, Shelley Stonecipher
, Briana J. O'Sullivan
, Ruth Lynfield
, Melissa Hunter
, Skyler Brennan
, Jessica Pavlick

Julie Gabel, Cherie Drenzek, Rachel Geller, Crystal Lee, Jana M. Ritter, Sherif R. Zaki, Christopher A. Gulvik, W. Wyatt Wilson, Elizabeth Beshearse, Bart J. Currie, Jessica R. Webb, Zachary P. Weiner, Mariá E. Negrón, Alex R. Hoffmaster

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Abstract

Melioidosis, caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an uncommon infection that is typically associated with exposure to soil and water in tropical and subtropical environments. It is rarely diagnosed in the continental United States. Patients with melioidosis in the United States commonly report travel to regions where melioidosis is endemic. We report a cluster of four non travel-associated cases of melioidosis in Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, and Texas. These cases were caused by the same strain of B. pseudomallei that was linked to an aromatherapy spray product imported from a melioidosis-endemic area.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	861-868
Number of pages	8
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	386
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2116130
State	Published - Mar 3 2022

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Gee, J. E., Bower, W. A., Kunkel, A., Petras, J., Gettings, J., Bye, M., Firestone, M., Elrod, M. G., Liu, L., Blaney, D. D., Zaldivar, A., Raybern, C., Ahmed, F. S., Honza, H., Stonecipher, S., O'Sullivan, B. J., Lynfield, R., Hunter, M., Brennan, S., ... Hoffmaster, A. R. (2022). Multistate Outbreak of Melioidosis Associated with Imported Aromatherapy Spray. New England Journal of Medicine, 386(9), 861-868. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2116130

Gee, JE, Bower, WA, Kunkel, A, Petras, J, Gettings, J, Bye, M, Firestone, M, Elrod, MG, Liu, L, Blaney, DD, Zaldivar, A, Raybern, C, Ahmed, FS, Honza, H, Stonecipher, S, O'Sullivan, BJ, Lynfield, R, Hunter, M, Brennan, S, Pavlick, J, Gabel, J, Drenzek, C, Geller, R, Lee, C, Ritter, JM, Zaki, SR, Gulvik, CA, Wyatt Wilson, W, Beshearse, E, Currie, BJ, Webb, JR, Weiner, ZP, Negrón, ME & Hoffmaster, AR 2022, 'Multistate Outbreak of Melioidosis Associated with Imported Aromatherapy Spray', New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 386, no. 9, pp. 861-868. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2116130

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