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Burkholderia pseudomallei (Pseudomonas pseudomallei)
Epidemiology:
- widely distributed in water & soil
- endemic in Thailand & northern Australia
- detected in environmental samples in Mississippi along the U.S. Gulf Coast region 2022 [4]
Pathology:
- etiologic agent of melioidosis
Laboratory:
- Burkholderia pseudomallei Ab in serum
- Burkholderia pseudomallei antigen
- Burkholderia pseudomallei DNA
- Burkholderia pseudomallei identified by culture
- gram negative rod
Related
melioidosis (Whitmore's disease)
General
Burkholderia
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 799
- eMedicine. Glanders and Melioidosis
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic884.htm
- Wikipedia: Melioidosis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melioidosis
- Ingram I
CDC: Bacteria Causing Deadly Disease Found in U.S. Soil for First Time.
Agency warns of Burkholderia pseudomallei's potential for spread
along Gulf Coast.
MedPage Today July 27, 2022
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/99936
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Melioidosis Locally Endemic in Areas of the Mississippi Gulf Coast after
Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolated in Soil and Water and Linked to Two Cases.
CDC Health Alert Network. July 27, 2022
https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2022/han00470.asp