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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2007, p. 3828-3829, Vol. 45, No. 11
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01590-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Australian and Thai Isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei Are Distinct by Multilocus Sequence Typing: Revision of a Case of Mistaken Identity{triangledown}

Bart J. Currie,1,2* Annette D. Thomas,3 Daniel Godoy,4 David A. Dance,5 Allen C. Cheng,1 Linda Ward,1,2 Mark Mayo,1 Tyrone L. Pitt,6 and Brian G. Spratt4

Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin Northern Territory, Australia Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin Northern Territory, Australia Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom Health Protection Agency, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Received 10 August 2007/ Accepted 13 August 2007

A recent study using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates found a sequence type (ST60) to be common to both Thailand and Australia, contradicting earlier studies showing complete distinction between isolates from these regions. The ST60 isolates reportedly from Australia had been obtained for MLST from United Kingdom and U.S. collections. We have located and characterized the original Australian isolates; they were collected in 1983, and they are neither ST60 nor B. pseudomallei isolates. The B. pseudomallei MLST database has been corrected, and there is no ST common to isolates verified as obtained from Australia or from Thailand.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Menzies School of Health Research, P.O. Box 41096, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0811, Australia. Phone: 61-8-89228056. Fax: 61-8-89275187. E-mail: bart{at}menzies.edu.au.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 26 September 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2007, p. 3828-3829, Vol. 45, No. 11
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01590-07
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