Systematic Review and Consensus Guidelines for Environmental Sampling of Burkholderia pseudomallei

• Main Authors: Direk Limmathurotsakul, David A.B. Dance, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Mirjam Kaestli, Mark Mayo, Jeffrey Warner, David M. Wagner, Apichai Tuanyok, Heiman Wertheim, Tan Yoke Cheng, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Savithiri Puthucheary, Nicholas P.J. Day, Ivo Steinmetz, Bart J. Currie, Sharon J. Peacock
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/32702

Background: Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Tier 1 Select Agent and the cause of melioidosis, is a Gram-negative bacillus present in the environment in many tropical countries. Defining the global pattern of B. pseudomallei distribution underpins efforts to prevent infection, and is dependent upon robu...