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
Emerging infectious diseases 2024 AprIn 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.
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. Melioidosis in Patients with COVID-19 Exposed to Contaminated Tap Water, Thailand, 2021. Emerging infectious diseases. 2024 Apr;30(4):791-794
PMID: 38526300
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