Walmart is recalling bottles of an aromatherapy room spray due to the possible presence of a rare and dangerous type of bacteria that’s been linked to two deaths.

Walmart is recalling bottles of an aromatherapy room spray due to the possible presence of a rare and dangerous type of bacteria that’s been linked to two deaths.

The product is linked with an outbreak of melioidosis, a rare bacterial disease.

NEW YORK >> U.S. health officials may have solved the mystery of how four people in different states came down with a serious tropical disease even though none had traveled internationally: an aromatherapy spray imported from India.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials may have solved the mystery of how four people in different states came down with a serious tropical disease even though none had traveled internationally: an aromatherapy spray imported from India.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials may have solved the mystery of how four people in different states came down with a serious tropical disease, even though none had traveled internationally. The four people may have been infected by an aromatherapy spray imported from India. Two of them died. One was a child. The

U.S. health officials may have solved the mystery of how four people in different states came down with a serious tropical disease even though none had traveled internationally: an aromatherapy spray imported from India.

A bottle of the spray in a patient's home was discovered to contain the bacteria, which is normally only found in tropical environments.

Deadly bacterium found in spray used by victims.

Walmart recalled "Better Homes & Gardens Lavender & Chamomile Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones" and related

Walmart has recalled its Better Homes and Gardens Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones after deadly bacteria was found in it.

Walmart is recalling an essential oil-infused room spray after rare and dangerous bacteria was found that is linked to four cases and two deaths.

Walmart Inc is recalling about 3,900 bottles of an aromatherapy spray due to the possible presence of a rare and sometimes fatal bacteria, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Friday.

The CDC has been investigating four confirmed cases of melioidosis, including two deaths, the CPSC said

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that they have identified the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei in an aromatherapy spray — the same type of bacteria that sickened four people in the United States earlier this year. The spray, “Better Homes & Gardens Lavender & Chamomile Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones,” was found Oct. 6 […]

It was a mystery by any definition of the word -- a rare tropical infection that had sickened people in the decidedly non-tropical states of Minnesota and Kansas, as well as Texas. The first patient to get sick, in Kansas in March, died.

Federal agencies were investigating four recent cases of melioidosis — an extremely rare but sometimes fatal infectious disease.

The product was found to contain a bacteria that causes the rare disease.

A bottle of the room spray sold at Walmart was found to contain bacteria that causes melioidosis, a serious, sometimes fatal infection.