Phenotype and virulence assessment of a Burkholderia pseudomallei soil isolate from Malaysia

• Main Authors: Wong, Rui-Rui, Khairom-Muslihin Baharom,, Ahmad-Kamal Ghazali,, Abdul Karim Russ Hassan,, Sheila Nathan,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17401/1/4.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17401/; https://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid50bil5_2021/KandunganJilid50Bil5_2021.html

Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative soil saprophyte, is the causative agent of life-threatening melioidosis. B. pseudomallei from soil and water remains a common source of human and animal infection via skin abrasions, ingestion or inhalation. Despite the reported sero-prevalence in healt...