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Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Research Letter

Genomic Diversity of Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates, Colombia

Carolina Duarte, Franco Montufar, Jaime Moreno, Dora Sánchez, Jose Yesid Rodríguez, Alfredo G. Torres, Soraya Morales, Adriana Bautista, Mónica G. Huertas, Julia N. Myers, Christopher A. Gulvik, Mindy G. Elrod, David D. Blaney, and Jay E. GeeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia (C. Duarte, J. Moreno, D. Sanchez, A. Bautista); Clínica León XIII Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia (F. Montufar); Centro de Investigaciones Microbiológicas del Cesar, Valledupar, Colombia (J.Y. Rodriguez); University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (A.G. Torres, J.N. Myers); Universidad de Santander, Valledupar, Colombia (S. Morales); Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia (M.G. Huertas); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.A. Gulvik, M.G. Elrod, D.D. Blaney, J.E. Gee)

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Epidemiologic and demographic characteristics of 10 melioidosis patients, Colombia

Isolate Sequence type Department Age, y/sex Type of sample Diagnosis Medical history and risk factors Outcome
B107
 1459
 Cesar
 71/M
 Blood
 Sepsis
 Arterial hypertension
 Died
B108
 1459
 Cesar
 54/M
 Right leg injury
 Soft tissue infection
 Tibial fracture
 Recovered
B109
 349
 Cesar
 56/M
 Urine
 Urinary infection
 Diabetes mellitus
 Recovered
B197
 1463
 Cesar
 51/F
 Bronchoalveolar lavage
 Pulmonary melioidosis
 Diabetes mellitus, anemic syndrome
 Recovered
B198
 1701
 Casanare
 24/M
 Blood
 Pneumonia
 None
 Died
B199
 518
 Casanare
 26/M
 Blood
 Unspecified sepsis
 None
 Died
B255
 92
 Santander
 68/M
 Blood
 Sepsis
Recovered
B308* 518 Antioquia 64/M Tracheal aspirate Systemic inflammatory response syndrome Diabetes mellitus Died
B309*
Blood
B310
 1740
 Antioquia
 81/F
 Tracheal aspirate
 Pneumonia
 Kidney tumor (in studio), diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, hypothyroidism
 Recovered
B411 1741 Antioquia 53/F Blood Sepsis Diabetes mellitus Recovered

*Isolates from the same patient.

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