title: Burkholderia pseudomallei in unchlorinated domestic bore water, Tropical Northern Australia.
abstract: To determine whether unchlorinated bore water in northern Australia contained Burkholderia pseudomallei organisms, we sampled 55 bores; 18 (33%) were culture positive. Multilocus sequence typing identified 15 sequence types. The B. pseudomallei sequence type from 1 water sample matched a clinical isolate from a resident with melioidosis on the same property.
authors.affiliation: Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.forename: Mirjam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaesti
authors.forename: Glenda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: Allen C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karp
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jolly
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Spratt
authors.forename: Bart J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Currie
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002713:Chlorine / Q000172:deficiency; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014867:Water; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D014867:Water; D002713:Chlorine