Burkholderia pseudomallei Sequence Type 46 Transmission from Asia to Australia

• DOI: 10.3201/eid3102.241385
• Publication Date: 2025-01-17T21:03:10Z
• Authors: Ella M. Meumann; Mirjam Kaestli; Jessica R. Webb; Vanessa Rigas; Celeste Woerle; Mark Mayo; Bart J. Currie
• Keywords: respiratory infections; Burkholderia pseudomallei; genomics; R; Medicine; epidemiology; melioidosis; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; bacteria

Melioidosis is caused by the environmental pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei. Among 1,331 patients with melioidosis during 1989–2023 in the Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study in Australia, we identified 6 locally acquired cases caused by B. pseudomallei sequence type 46. Because of global transmission and expansion of endemicity, clinicians should increase awareness of melioidosis.