Melioidosis

WJ Wiersinga, HS Virk, AG Torres, BJ Currie… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative environmental bacterium and the
aetiological agent of melioidosis, a life-threatening infection that is estimated to account …

Melioidosis

WJ Wiersinga, BJ Currie… - New England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
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A Decade of Burkholderia cenocepacia Virulence Determinant Research

SA Loutet, MA Valvano - Infection and immunity, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) is a group of genetically related
environmental bacteria that can cause chronic opportunistic infections in patients with cystic …

Within-host evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei over a twelve-year chronic carriage infection

EP Price, DS Sarovich, M Mayo, A Tuanyok, KP Drees… - MBio, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Burkholderia pseudomallei causes the potentially fatal disease melioidosis. It is generally
accepted that B. pseudomallei is a noncommensal bacterium and that any culture-positive …

Evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Recurrent Melioidosis

HS Hayden, R Lim, MJ Brittnacher, EH Sims… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Burkholderia pseudomallei, the etiologic agent of human melioidosis, is capable of causing
severe acute infection with overwhelming septicemia leading to death. A high rate of …

Characterization of Ceftazidime Resistance Mechanisms in Clinical Isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei from Australia

DS Sarovich, EP Price, AT Von Schulze, JM Cook… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes the serious human
disease, melioidosis. There is no vaccine against melioidosis and it can be fatal if not treated …

Epidemiological and clinical consequences of within-host evolution

S Alizon, F Luciani, RR Regoes - Trends in microbiology, 2011 - cell.com
Many viruses and bacteria are known to evolve rapidly over the course of an infection.
However, epidemiological studies generally assume that within-host evolution is an …

Burkholderia pseudomallei: challenges for the clinical microbiology laboratory

P Hemarajata, JD Baghdadi, R Hoffman… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Melioidosis is a potentially fatal infection caused by the bacterium Burkholderia
pseudomallei. Clinical diagnosis of melioidosis can be challenging since there is no …

Characterization of Burkholderia pseudomallei Strains Using a Murine Intraperitoneal Infection Model and In Vitro Macrophage Assays

SL Welkos, CP Klimko, SJ Kern, JJ Bearss, JA Bozue… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Burkholderia pseudomallei, the etiologic agent of melioidosis, is a gram-negative facultative
intracellular bacterium. This bacterium is endemic in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia …

Development of ceftazidime resistance in an acute Burkholderia pseudomallei infection

DS Sarovich, EP Price… - Infection and drug …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Burkholderia pseudomallei, a bacterium that causes the disease melioidosis, is intrinsically
resistant to many antibiotics. First-line antibiotic therapy for treating melioidosis is usually the …