Autopsy finds rare, deadly bacterial infection, not Covid-19

The tragic death of a 5-year old boy was first thought to be from Covid-19. An autopsy showed that there had been a bacterial infection from the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. The disease is called melioidosis, and the source of the bacteria was found to be a product was a lavender aromatherapy spray. The product was sold at Walmart (a large discount store across the U.S.), and at least two other people were affected. The product was recalled. The MedPageToday story stated, "The Georgia boy and the Kansas woman both died from their infections. Geller said melioidosis usually has a 10% to 50% mortality rate." The CDC wrote, "Melioidosis, also called Whitmore’s disease, is an infectious disease that can infect humans or animals."

One of the reasons that I decided to start a new thread was to highlight how dangerous bacterial infections can be. IMO we are behind where we should be in developing new antibacterial compounds.

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