Presence of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil, Nigeria, 2019

Authors :: Savelkoel, Jelmer
Oladele, Rita O.
Ojide, Chiedozie K.
Peters, Rebecca F.
Notermans, Daan W.
Makinwa, Justina O.
de Vries, Maaike C.
Sunter, Marion A.E.
Matamoros, Sebastien
Abdullahi, Nasiru
Unigwe, Uche S.
Akanmu, Alani S.
Wiersinga, W. Joost
Birnie, Emma
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. May, 2023, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p1073, 3 p.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: The gram-negative, soil-dwelling bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, which is an important cause of lethal community-acquired sepsis throughout the tropics (1). Melioidosis is predicted to be [...]