Burkholderia pseudomallei infections are prevalent in Southeast Asia and northern Australia
and often misdiagnosed. Diagnostics are often neither sensitive nor rapid, contributing up to …

Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory,
Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republica; Centre for Tropical …

Rapid detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the etiologic agent of melioidosis, allows for
timely initiation of appropriate treatment and better clinical outcomes. In the current gold …

Objective: To determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Burkholderia
pseudomallei isolates in Thailand from 2000 to 2004. Material and Method: the data on …

Burkholderia pseudomallei causes significant global morbidity and mortality, with the
highest disease burden in parts of Asia where culture-based diagnosis is often not available …

Melioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, is increasingly recognized in several
regions of the globe. The present study was performed to identify and determine the …

A fatal case of melioidosis was diagnosed in Ohio one month after culture results were
initially reported as a Bacillus species. To identify a source of infection and assess risk in …

Limited experience and a lack of validated diagnostic reagents make Burkholderia
pseudomallei, the cause of melioidosis, difficult to recognize in the diagnostic microbiology …

Background Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a severe
infectious disease in tropical regions. It is necessary to understand the risk of acquiring this …

Here we report on the development of a discriminatory real-time assay for the rapid
identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates and the evaluation of this assay for …