Background The global distribution of melioidosis is under considerable scrutiny, with both
unmasking of endemic disease in African and Pacific nations and evidence of more recent …

Genome analysis of strains placed in the NCBI genome database as Burkholderia
cenocepacia defined nine genomic species groups. The largest group (259 strains) …

Background Leptospirosis, caused by Leptospira bacteria, is a common zoonosis
worldwide, especially in the tropics. Reservoir species and risk factors have been identified …

Nearly all cases of melioidosis in the continental United States are related to international
travel to areas to which Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacterium that causes melioidosis, is …

Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp) and Burkholderia mallei (Bm) cause the often-lethal
infectious diseases melioidosis and glanders, respectively. Curiously, closely related …

Clostridioides difficile is a pathogen often associated with hospital-acquired infection or
antimicrobial-induced disease; however, increasing evidence indicates infections can result …

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a soil-and water-dwelling Gram-negative bacterium that
causes melioidosis in humans and animals. Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (AMC) susceptibility …

Burkholderia thailandensis, an opportunistic pathogen found in the environment, is a
bacterium closely related to B. pseudomallei, the cause of melioidosis. Human B …

In 2016 melioidosis was recognised as being endemic in 45 countries globally, but
modeling suggested likely endemicity in a further 34 countries. 1 This was 104 years after …

Melioidosis was first identified in Myanmar in 1911 but for the last century it has remained
largely unreported there. Burkholderia pseudomallei was first isolated from the environment …