MALDI-TOF MS contribution to diagnosis of melioidosis in a nonendemic country in three French travellers

V Walewski; F Méchaï; T Billard-Pomares; W Juguet; F Jauréguy; B Picard; Y Tandjaoui-Lambiotte; E Carbonnelle; O Bouchaud

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.04.004

MALDI-TOF MS contribution to diagnosis of melioidosis in a nonendemic country in three French travellers

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Apr 12:12:31-4. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.04.004. eCollection 2016 Jul.

Authors

V Walewski¹, F Méchaï², T Billard-Pomares¹, W Juguet³, F Jauréguy¹, B Picard¹, Y Tandjaoui-Lambiotte³, E Carbonnelle¹, O Bouchaud²

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology Department, , Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
² Infectious Diseases Unit, , Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France.
³ Medico-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France.

Abstract

Melioidosis is an endemic disease in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. An increasing number of cases are being reported in nonendemic countries, making the diagnosis less obvious. We discuss the identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei using matrix-assisted desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry on the occasion of recent cases of imported melioidosis in French travellers.

Keywords: Burkholderia pseudomallei; MALDI-TOF MS; diagnosis; imported infectious disease; melioidosis.