While the CDC has identified evidence of the bacteria in a bottle of the recalled room spray found at the home of one of the four individuals diagnosed with melioidosis, the agency has not yet identified the source of the infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) is investigating four cases of melioidosis, a potentially deadly disease caused by the bacteria.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as "rare and dangerous" was found in a version of an aromatherapy room spray bottle sold at Walmart. pseudomallei.A type of bacteria described by the U.S. On Tuesday, the agency noted that an additional bottle of the spray tested positive for B. CDC scientists are also doing more testing on the sprays to assess the extent of contamination and whether the other scents are contaminated.
The CDC says that it has contacted the spray's manufacturer in India to determine if ingredients from the contaminated products were used in any other products. The 5-ounce pump-spray bottles were only sold at about 55 Walmart stores nationwide (here's a list of the stores) and online at from February 2021 through October 2021. "CDC scientists and our partners found the proverbial needle in the haystack."Īccording to the CPSC notice, Walmart is recalling about 3,900 bottles of Better Homes & Gardens Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones, which come in six different scents. "When you think about the thousands of things people come in contact with around their homes, it's remarkable we were able to identify the source and confirm it in the lab," Damon said. Damon noted how difficult it was-and how relieved she and her colleagues were-to identify the source.
In a follow-up statement after confirming the link Tuesday, Dr. Alarmed by the puzzling cluster of cases, the CDC raced to find the source before someone else fell ill. Advertisementįurther Reading New, deadly bacteria may be lurking in US CDC warns of three puzzling cases"Our hearts go out to the families that have been impacted by this situation," said Inger Damon, director of CDC's Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, which manages melioidosis. The CPSC recall notes that one of the two deaths, presumably the Georgia case, was in a child.
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In early August, the CDC released an update saying that a fourth case-the fatal case in Georgia-was identified in a post-mortem analysis in late July. On June 30, the CDC released a health alert after officials identified two additional melioidosis cases that were not travel-related: an adult in Minnesota and a 4-year-old in Texas. The first case was identified in March in a Kansas adult and ended up being fatal. But CDC investigators quickly realized that the cases were connected somehow. The four puzzling cases this year-in Kansas, Minnesota, Texas, and Georgia-had no links to travel. There are often a handful of melioidosis cases in the US each year, but they're usually linked to recent travel to areas where the bacteria are naturally found. pseudomallei found in the spray genetically matched the strain infecting the deceased Georgia patient and three other people. On Tuesday, the CDC confirmed that the strain of B.
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