Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $967
1%  
Woo hoo!! 3rd Qtr 2025 FReepathon is now underway!!

Keyword: melioidosis

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • CDC warns of deadly bacteria with 50% fatality rate that has been declared endemic to the US Gulf Coast

    06/07/2023 1:23:45 PM PDT · by bitt · 41 replies
    nypost ^ | 6/7/2023 | PATRICK REILLY
    A deadly bacteria with a roughly 50 percent fatality rate worldwide has made its way to the US Gulf Coast, where it has been declared endemic by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has confirmed three cases of infection from the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, which can cause potentially lethal melioidosis if not treated. “It is an environmental organism that lives naturally in the soil, and typically freshwater in certain areas around the world. Mostly in subtropical and tropical climates,” Julia Petras, an epidemic intelligence service officer with CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, told...
  • Deadly bacteria that kills up to 50% of patients now ENDEMIC to US gulf coast, CDC expert says, just a year after it was first detected in the country

    06/06/2023 3:34:36 PM PDT · by Libloather · 34 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 6/06/23 | Luke Andrews
    A deadly bacteria that kills up to 50 percent of people it infects has now been listed as endemic along the US gulf coast. Dr Julia Petras, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who made the warning, said Burkholderia pseudomallei was now likely lurking in soil and stagnant water across the 1,600 miles from Texas to Florida. People infected with the bacteria suffer melioidosis, a severe condition that can trigger pneumonia and sepsis and can be fatal. Doctors are now on alert for the disease, which can initially be misdiagnosed as another infection. The CDC...
  • CDC warns of potentially fatal bacterial illness on US gulf coast (Melioidosis)

    06/03/2023 7:00:43 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 28 replies
    Medical Xpress / U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^ | June 2, 2023 | Steven Reinberg / Julia Petras
    A potentially deadly germ has made its way to the U.S. Gulf Coast, health officials warned this week. So far, three cases of infection from the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei have been reported to the U.S. CDC. The bacteria causes melioidosis, which can be fatal if left untreated. "It is an environmental organism that lives naturally in the soil, and typically freshwater in certain areas around the world. Mostly in subtropical and tropical climates," said Julia Petras. Melioidosis is now considered endemic to the U.S. Gulf Coast and infections may be seen from Texas to Florida, Petras said. But because most...
  • Walmart recalls aromatherapy spray linked to rare bacterial illness, 2 deaths

    10/22/2021 4:57:21 PM PDT · by blueplum · 37 replies
    ABC ^ | 22 October 2021 | Haley Yamada
    Walmart has recalled an aromatherapy spray after it identified a bacteria in the product that has now been linked to four illnesses and two deaths... ...The spray, “Better Homes & Gardens Lavender & Chamomile Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones," was found Oct. 6 in the home of a Georgia resident who became ill with melioidosis in late July, according to the CDC..
  • 1 Dead In Georgia From Rare, Tropical Illness Possibly Linked To Similar Case In Texas

    08/11/2021 8:22:55 AM PDT · by EinNYC · 25 replies
    CBSN Dallas Fort Worth ^ | August 9, 2021 | CBSDFW.com Staff
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a new fatal case of the rare disease melioidosis in Georgia that is linked to three previous cases in different states, including Texas. The cases have included adults and children. Two of the four patients had no known risk factors for melioidosis; two died. Melioidosis, also called Whitmore’s disease, is an infectious disease that can infect humans or animals. The disease is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Whole genome sequencing at CDC shows the bacterial strains that sickened the patients – one each in Texas, Kansas, Georgia and Minnesota –...
  • CDC investigating 2 deaths, 2 illnesses from rare bacterial disease

    08/10/2021 12:48:59 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 26 replies
    https://www.livescience.com ^ | 10 AUGUST 2021 | By Rachael Rettner
    Four people in the U.S. have mysteriously fallen ill with a rare and sometimes deadly bacterial disease that's usually seen only in other countries with tropical climates, according to health officials. Yet none of these patients had traveled outside the country. The four cases, which were identified between March and July, occurred in Georgia, Kansas, Texas and Minnesota, according to a statement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Two of the patients died and two were hospitalized for long periods of time. The first death occurred in Kansas in March, and the second death occurred last month...
  • CDC Investigates Mysterious Cases of Tropical Illness in People Who Have Not Left the United States

    07/03/2021 3:13:22 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 28 replies
    Yahoo News! ^ | Fri, July 2, 2021 | Julie Mazziotta
    The Centers for Disease Control is investigating three mysterious cases of a bacterial disease that is typically found in tropical climates — yet the infected people have not left the United States. In a health alert posted Wednesday, the CDC said that they are working with the health departments of Kansas, Texas and Minnesota to determine how three people — two adults and one child — contracted melioidosis disease, an infection caused by the Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria. The first patient to be diagnosed with the disease, in March, died 10 days after being hospitalized, though they had two preexisting conditions,...
  • Underground bioterror threat in Darwin spooks US scientists

    06/19/2010 7:50:57 PM PDT · by Flavius · 17 replies · 1,033+ views
    hs ^ | 6/19/10 | Larnie Statham
    A DEADLY terrorist weapon could be buried in the backyards of Darwin's northern suburbs, US scientists fear. US authorities say melioidosis - commonly known as Nightcliff Gardeners Disease - is a potential bioterror threat. The US Government believes the tropical disease, caused by soil-dwelling bacteria, could become the next anthrax-style bioterrorism threat.