Burkholderia pseudomallei traced to water treatment plant in Australia.
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.
Inglis
T J
TJ
Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research, Nedlands, Australia. tim.inglis@health.wa.gov.au
Garrow
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Henderson
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Clair
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Sampson
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O'Reilly
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Cameron
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D001315:Australia; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply