Comprehensive approaches for the detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei and diagnosis of melioidosis in human and environmental samples

• Main Authors: Siti Nur Hazwani Oslan, Abdul Hafidz Yusoff, Mazlina Mazlan, Si Jie Lim, Jing Jing Khoo, Siti Nurbaya Oslan, Aziah Ismail
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Academic Press Inc. 2022
• Subjects: QR75-99.5 Bacteria
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33509/1/Comprehensive%20approaches%20for%20the%20detection%20of%20Burkholderia%20pseudomallei%20and%20diagnosis%20of%20melioidosis%20in%20human%20and%20environmental%20samples.ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33509/3/Comprehensive%20approaches%20for%20the%20detection%20of%20Burkholderia%20pseudomallei%20and%20diagnosis%20of%20melioidosis%20in%20human%20and%20environmental%20samples.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33509/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0882401022002509?via%3Dihub; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105637

Melioidosis is endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. The causative agent of melioidosis is a Gram-negative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. Its invasion can be fatal if melioidosis is not treated promptly. It is intrinsically resistant to a variety of antibiotics. In this paper, we...