title: Deployable laboratory response to emergence of melioidosis in central Sri Lanka.
abstract: A portable molecular diagnostic laboratory was used to provide molecular confirmation of suspected melioidosis cases seen at Peradeniya Hospital, central Sri Lanka. Soil supernatants from rice field and rubber plantation samples also produced PCR-positive results. These procedures could be used for melioidosis field work in other remote locations.
authors: Division of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, QEII Medical Centre, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, Locked Bag 2009, Western Australia 6909, Australia. tim.inglis@health.wa.gov.au
authors: Timothy J J
authors: TJ
authors: Inglis
authors: Adam
authors: A
authors: Merritt
authors: Joanne
authors: J
authors: Montgomery
authors: Indika
authors: I
authors: Jayasinghe
authors: Vasanthi
authors: V
authors: Thevanesam
authors: Russell
authors: R
authors: McInnes
mesh_terms: D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013188:Sri Lanka