Melioidosis is an emerging, potentially fatal disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei,
which requires prolonged antibiotic treatment to prevent disease relapse. However …

Melioidosis is a seasonal infectious disease in tropical and subtropical areas caused by the
soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. In many parts of the world, including South West …

ABSTRACT Between January 2015 and October 2022, 38 patients with culture-confirmed
melioidosis were identified in the Kowloon West (KW) Region, Hong Kong. Notably, 30 of …

Melioidosis, although endemic in many parts of Southeast Asia, has not been systematically
studied in Hong Kong, which is a predominantly urban area located in the subtropics. This …

Burkholderia pseudomallei is not represented in the current version of Bruker Biotyper
matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) …

The most important task of the clinical microbiology laboratory is to accurately identify the
responsible pathogens to species level. Phenotypic methods for bacterial identification are …

Burkholderia pseudomallei, the highly infectious and causative organism of melioidosis, was
first identified in Myanmar in 1911. B. pseudomallei was identified in Myanmar because of its …

Introduction Burkholderia pseudomallei, a soil-dwelling microbe that infects humans and
animals is the cause of the fatal disease melioidosis. The molecular mechanisms that …

To identify potential biomarkers for improving diagnosis of melioidosis, we compared
plasma metabolome profiles of melioidosis patients compared to patients with other …

The Darwin region in northern Australia has experienced rapid population growth in recent
years, and with it, an increased incidence of melioidosis. Previous studies in Darwin have …