학술논문

Melioidosis after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Thomas/St. John District, US Virgin Islands, October 2017
Document Type
article
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 10, Pp 1952-1955 (2019)
Subject
melioidosis
natural disaster
hurricanes
emerging infectious disease
public health
US Virgin Islands
Medicine
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Language
English
ISSN
1080-6040
1080-6059
Abstract
We report 2 cases of melioidosis in women with diabetes admitted to an emergency department in the US Virgin Islands during October 2017. These cases emerged after Hurricanes Irma and Maria and did not have a definitively identified source. Poor outcomes were observed when septicemia and pulmonary involvement were present.