Human melioidosis

I Gassiep, M Armstrong, R Norton - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The causative agent of melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei, a tier 1 select agent, is
endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia, with increased incidence associated with …

Abandon the mouse research ship? Not just yet!

MF Osuchowski, DG Remick, JA Lederer, CH Lang… - Shock, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Many preclinical studies in critical care medicine and related disciplines rely on hypothesis-
driven research in mice. The underlying premise posits that mice sufficiently emulate …

Inflammasome-dependent Pyroptosis and IL-18 Protect against Burkholderia pseudomallei Lung Infection while IL-1β Is Deleterious

I Ceballos-Olvera, M Sahoo, MA Miller, L Barrio… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative bacterium that infects macrophages and
other cell types and causes melioidosis. The interaction of B. pseudomallei with the …

Flagella Are Virulence Determinants of Burkholderia pseudomallei

KL Chua, YY Chan, YH Gan - Infection and immunity, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Burkholderia pseudomallei, a facultatively intracellular pathogen, is a flagellated and motile
gram-negative bacterium and is the causative agent of melioidosis in humans. Flagella are …

A Genomic Survey of Positive Selection in Burkholderia pseudomallei Provides Insights into the Evolution of Accidental Virulence

T Nandi, C Ong, AP Singh, J Boddey, T Atkins… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Certain environmental microorganisms can cause severe human infections, even in the
absence of an obvious requirement for transition through an animal host for replication …

A Critical Role for Neutrophils in Resistance to Experimental Infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei

A Easton, A Haque, K Chu… - The Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Inhalation is an important route of infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei the causative
agent of melioidosis. In resistant C57BL/6 mice, activated neutrophils are rapidly recruited to …

Glutathione deficiency in type 2 diabetes impairs cytokine responses and control of intracellular bacteria

KS Tan, KO Lee, KC Low, AM Gamage… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Individuals with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of acquiring melioidosis, a disease
caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. Although up to half of melioidosis patients …

A Type IV Pilin, PilA, Contributes to Adherence of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Virulence In Vivo

AE Essex-Lopresti, JA Boddey, R Thomas… - Infection and …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243 genome contains multiple type IV pilin-associated
loci, including one encoding a putative pilus structural protein (pilA). A pilA deletion mutant …

Caspase‐1 dependent macrophage death induced by Burkholderia pseudomallei

GW Sun, J Lu, S Pervaiz, WP Cao… - Cellular …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent for melioidosis, an infectious disease
endemic in South‐east Asia and northern Australia. Infection can result in a wide spectrum …

Intranasal immunization with a Bucl8-based vaccine ameliorates bacterial burden and pathological inflammation, and promotes an IgG2a/b dominant response in an …

M Grund, SJ Choi, L Powell, S Lukomski - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a gram-negative bacterium that is the etiological agent of the
tropical disease melioidosis. Currently, there is no licensed vaccine for melioidosis, but …