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Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020
Dispatch

Melioidosis in a Resident of Texas with No Recent Travel History, United States

Caitlin M. CossaboomComments to Author , Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, Jonathan Strysko, Gretchen Rodriguez, Trevor Maness, Jaime Ocampo, Jay E. Gee, Mindy G. Elrod, Christopher A. Gulvik, Lindy Liu, William A. Bower, Alex R. Hoffmaster, David D. Blaney, Johanna S. Salzer, Jonathan S. Yoder, Mia C. Mattioli, Thomas J. Sidwa, Lillian Ringsdorf, Gale Morrow, Elvia Ledezma, and Amanda Kieffer
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.M. Cossaboom, A. Marinova-Petkova, J. Strysko, J.E. Gee, M.G. Elrod, C.A. Gulvik, L. Liu, W.A. Bower, A.R. Hoffmaster, D.D. Blaney, J.S. Salzer, J.S. Yoder, M.C.Mattioli); Texas Department of State Health Services, San Antonio, Texas, USA (G. Rodriguez, T. Maness, J. Ocampo, L. Ringsdorf, G. Morrow, E. Ledezma, A. Kieffer); Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA (T.J. Sidwa)

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Table

Drug susceptibility profile for Burkholderia pseudomallei isolate from culture of chest wound from a 63-year-old man, Texas, USA*

Drug MIC, μg/mL Result
Amikacin >32 R
Ampicillin >16 R
Ampicillin/sulbactam >16/8 R
Aztreonam >16 R
Cefazolin >16 R
Cefepime >16 R
Cefotaxime 32 R
Cefoxitin >16 R
Ceftazidime 8 S
Ceftriaxone >32 R
Cefuroxime >16 R
Ciprofloxacin >2 R
Gentamicin >8 R
Ertapenem >1 R
Meropenem <1 S
Piperacillin/tazobactam <16 S
Tobramycin >8 R
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole <2/38 S

*R, resistant; S, susceptible.

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