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

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.

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