Thursday, 6 July 2017

PRO/EDR> Burkholderia thailandensis - China: (CQ) fatal, increased virulence

Other Human Disease -- China
_Burkholderia thailandensis_ is closely related to _B. pseudomallei_, the causative agent of melioidosis (1). _B. thailandensis_ shares most virulence factors and extensive genomic similarity with _B. pseudomallei_ but can be distinguished by its ability to assimilate arabinose and different rRNA sequences (2,3). Little is known about _B. thailandensis_ infection in humans. Two case reports described soft tissue infection and pneumonia with sepsis in Thailand and the USA (4,5). We describe a

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