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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 923-924, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.923-924.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil within the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Vanaporn Wuthiekanun,1* Mayfong Mayxay,2 Wirongrong Chierakul,1 Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh,2 Allen C. Cheng,1,3 Nicholas J White,1,4 Nicholas P. J. Day,1,4 and Sharon J. Peacock1,4

Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand,1 Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom,4 Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic,2 Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University and Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Northern Territory, Australia3

Received 19 August 2004/ Returned for modification 7 September 2004/ Accepted 30 September 2004

Clinical cases of melioidosis caused by the saprophyte Burkholderia pseudomallei were first noted in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) in 1999. In this study, 36% of 110 soil samples in northern Lao PDR were positive for B. pseudomallei, providing further evidence for the presence of melioidosis in this country.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok, 10400 Thailand. Phone: 66 2 354 1395. Fax: 66 2 354 1696. E-mail: lek{at}tropmedres.ac.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 923-924, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.923-924.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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