title: Burkholderia pseudomallei traced to water treatment plant in Australia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research, Nedlands, Australia. tim.inglis@health.wa.gov.au
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Inglis
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Garrow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clair
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sampson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cameron
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply