Utility of a Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI) to Detect Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil Samples.

BACKGROUND:Culture is the gold standard for the detection of environmental B. pseudomallei. In general, soil specimens are cultured in enrichment broth for 2 days, and then the culture broth is streaked on an agar plate and incubated further for 7 days. However, identifying B. pseudomallei on the ag...

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Main Authors: Patpong Rongkard, Viriya Hantrakun, Sabine Dittrich, Prapaporn Srilohasin, Premjit Amornchai, Sayan Langla, Cherry Lim, Nicholas P J Day, David AuCoin, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Direk Limmathurotsakul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-12-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5156366?pdf=render