Burkholderia pseudomallei traced to water treatment plant in Australia.

Emerging infectious diseases ·Vol. 6 ·No. 1 ·2000-00-00 ·Pages 56-9

Inglis TJ, Garrow SC, Henderson M, Clair A, Sampson J, O'Reilly L, Cameron B

Abstract

Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from environmental specimens 1 year after an outbreak of acute melioidosis in a remote coastal community in northwestern Australia. B. pseudomallei was isolated from a water storage tank and from spray formed in a pH-raising aerator unit. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed the aerator and storage tank isolates were identical to the outbreak strain, WKo97.

MeSH Terms

Australia Burkholderia pseudomallei/isolation & purification Disease Outbreaks Humans Water Microbiology Water Supply

Authors & Affiliations

7 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Inglis T J

Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research, Nedlands, Australia. [email protected]

Garrow S C

Henderson M

Clair A

Sampson J

O'Reilly L

Cameron B

References (3)

3 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Emerging infectious diseases

Abbr.

Emerg Infect Dis

ISSN

1080-6040

DOI

10.3201/eid0601.000110

[email protected]

Published

2000-00-00

Pages

56-9

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

9508155

PMCID

PMC2627980

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.3201/eid0601.000110 PMC Full Text View journal details

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