{"id":321455,"date":"2021-08-10T17:08:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T14:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/2-dead-from-tropical-disease-not-seen-before-in-us\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T17:08:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T14:08:14","slug":"2-dead-from-tropical-disease-not-seen-before-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/2-dead-from-tropical-disease-not-seen-before-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"#2 dead from tropical disease not seen before in US"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#2 dead from tropical disease not seen before in US<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm on a rare illness<\/a> that was previously only seen in tropical climates, particularly South Asia and northern Australia.<\/p>\n

Now, two people are dead and two have recovered after being infected with melioidosis \u2014 a disease that had never before been detected on contiguous US soil. Melioidosis has now been seen in Georgia, Kansas, Texas and Minnesota, LiveScience<\/a> reported<\/a>. The only other known cases of melioidosis in the US were in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico<\/a> in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

None of the four patients claimed to have travel<\/a>ed outside the country prior to becoming sick between March and July of this year. <\/p>\n

The CDC \u201cbelieves the most likely cause is an imported product (such as a food or drink, personal care or cleaning products or medicine) or an ingredient in one of those types of products,\u201d according to the statement released Monday.<\/p>\n

Investigators have taken more than 100 samples of soil, water and common products used in and around each patient\u2019s home in order to discover a link between the four cases \u2014 but have found no common source thus far. However, genome sequencing of the bacteria has revealed that the four cases are likely somehow related, the CDC added.<\/p>\n

About a dozen cases of melioidosis are seen each year in Americans, nearly all of which can be attributed to travel. This is the first time doctors are seeing the illness seemingly originate within the contiguous US.<\/p>\n

Caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei<\/em>, melioidosis can take several weeks to set in after exposure to the pathogen. Symptoms include cough and shortness of breath, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, intermittent fever and body rashes, the CDC wrote in a message to physicians<\/a> on how to spot the illness.<\/p>\n

Risk factors for developing the disease include diabetes, liver or kidney disease, chronic lung disease, cancer or another condition that weakens the immune system, the CDC warned<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Melioidosis survivor Lylah Baker, 4, spent a month in intensive care at a Dallas hospital after becoming sick in May, and suffered brain damage as a result.<\/figcaption>
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One of the known cases of melioidosis \u2014 involving a 4-year-old girl \u2014 was recently publicized in Texas. Preschooler Lylah Baker had no known risk factors for the illness when she was sickened in May. Lylah spent a month in the intensive care unit of Children\u2019s Medical Center Dallas, requiring a ventilator and eventually suffering brain damage, according to the Dallas Morning News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a healthy, typical little girl about to start pre-K in the fall \u2014 no underlying health issues previously. I mean just nothing,\u201d Ashley Kennon, the child\u2019s aunt, told the news<\/a>paper. \u201cSo it was definitely a major surprise to everybody not knowing where [the bacteria] came from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lylah is convalescing at Our Children\u2019s House Dallas. <\/p>\n

The CDC is urging doctors to be aware of melioidosis symptoms regardless of their patients\u2019 locations and travels. <\/p>\n

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Melioidosis is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei<\/em>, a pathogen most common to South Asia and northern Australia.<\/span>Alamy Stock Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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