Posts Tagged ‘Melioidosis’

Fatal… The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors about a strange cluster of illness in three states caused by a rarely seen bacteria in the U.S., one that’s killed at least one person and hospitalized two others so far. The illness, called melioidosis, can be highly fatal but isn’t normally considered contagious between people. Officials don’t know how these victims contracted the bacteria, though the cases do seem to be connected. Since March 2021, the CDC announced in a health alert on Wednesday, at least three people in three non-adjacent states (Kansas, Texas, and Minnesota) are known to have contracted melioidosis. The first victim, a man with preexisting lung and liver issues, died 10 days into his hospitalization. The other two, a woman and child, were identified in May. And while one patient has since been discharged to a…