Accidental Exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei in the Laboratory in the Era of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease that can vary in severity from fulminant sepsis to chronic infection with fatality rates of up to 42% ([1][1], [2][2]). As world travel has increased, so have melioidosis rates in travelers to countries where melioidosis is