Improved culture-based detection and quantification of Burkholderia pseudomallei from soil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 346-351

  Trung, Trinh Thanh ^a   Hetzer, Adrian ^a   Topfstedt, Eylin ^a   Göhler, Andre ^a   Limmathurotsakul, Direk ^b   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^b   Peacock, Sharon J ^b,c   Steinmetz, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Culturing; Melioidosis; Polyethylene glycol; Sodium deoxycholate; Soil

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCHOLATE SODIUM; MACROGOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COLONY FORMING UNIT; INFECTION RISK; MELIOIDOSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; THAILAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79956074941     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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