TY - JOUR AU - Hall, Carina AU - Stone, Nathan AU - Martz, Madison AU - Hutton, Shelby AU - Santana-Propper, Ella AU - Versluis, Lora AU - Guidry, Kieston AU - Ortiz, Marielisa AU - Busch, Joseph AU - Maness, Trevor AU - Stewart, Jonathan AU - Sidwa, Tom AU - Gee, Jay AU - Elrod, Mindy AU - Petras, Julia AU - Ty, Maureen AU - Gulvik, Christopher AU - Weiner, Zachary AU - Salzer, Johanna AU - Hoffmaster, Alex AU - Rivera-Garcia, Sarai AU - Keim, Paul AU - Kieffer, Amanda AU - Sahl, Jason AU - Soltero, Fred AU - Wagner, David T1 - Burkholderia thailandensis Isolated from the Environment, United States T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2023 VL - 29 IS - 3 SP - 618 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Burkholderia thailandensis, an opportunistic pathogen found in the environment, is a bacterium closely related to B. pseudomallei, the cause of melioidosis. Human B. thailandensis infections are uncommon. We isolated B. thailandensis from water in Texas and Puerto Rico and soil in Mississippi in the United States, demonstrating a potential public health risk. KW - Burkholderia KW - Burkholderia thailandensis KW - Burkholderia pseudomallei KW - environmental pathogens KW - bacteria KW - water KW - waterborne infections KW - genomic islands KW - local adaptation KW - Western Hemisphere KW - Puerto Rico KW - Mississippi KW - Arkansas KW - Louisiana KW - Oklahoma KW - Texas KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2903.221245 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/3/22-1245_article ER - End of Reference