Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing to Link Burkholderia pseudomallei from Air Sampling to Mediastinal Melioidosis, Australia

Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing to Link Burkholderia pseudomallei from Air Sampling to Mediastinal Melioidosis, Australia

The frequency with which melioidosis results from inhalation rather than percutaneous inoculation or ingestion is unknown. We recovered Burkholderia pseudomallei from air samples at the residence of a patient with presumptive inhalational melioidosis and used whole-genome sequencing to link the envi...

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Main Authors: Bart J. Currie, Erin P. Price, Mark Mayo, Mirjam Kaestli, Vanessa Theobald, Ian Harrington, Glenda Harrington, Derek Sarovich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
melioidosis
Burkholderia pseudomallei
pneumonia
gram-negative bacterial infections
pathogen transmission
biothreat
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/11/14-1802_article

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