| isolation of the highly pathogenic and zoonotic agent burkholderia pseudomallei from a pet green iguana in prague, czech republic. | melioidosis caused by burkholderia (b.) pseudomallei is an endemic zoonotic disease mainly reported from northern australia and southeast asia. in europe, cases of human melioidosis have been reported only from patients travelling to endemic regions. besides humans, b. pseudomallei has a very broad host range in domestic and wild animals. there are some reports about importation of b. pseudomallei-infected animals from endemic areas into europe. the present report describes the first case of b. ... | 2014 | 25430942 |