Evaluation of consensus method for the culture of Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil samples from Laos [version 2; referees: 2 approved]

• Main Authors: David A.B. Dance, Michael Knappik, Sabine Dittrich, Viengmon Davong, Joy Silisouk, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Sayaphet Rattanavong, Alain Pierret, Paul N. Newton, Premjit Amornchai, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Sayan Langla, Direk Limmathurotsakul
• Other Authors: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/45335
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2018 Dance DAB et al. Background: We have previously shown that PCR following enrichment culture is the most sensitive method to detect Burkholderia pseudomallei in environmental samples. Here we report an evaluation of the published consensus method for the culture of B. pseudomallei from Lao soi...