Pseudomonas pseudomallei

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Pseudomonas pseudomallei

[‚süd·ə‚mōn·əs ‚süd·ə′mal·ē·ī]

(microbiology)

A bacteria that is the causative agent of melioidosis, an endemic glanders-like disease of humans and animals that occurs most frequently in southeastern Asia and northern Australia.

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Melioidosis

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An improved screening technique for isolation of Pseudomonas pseudomallei from clinical specimens.

Cutaneous melioidosis cluster caused by contaminated wound irrigation fluid

Homogeneity of lipopolysaccharide antigens in Pseudomonas pseudomallei. J Infect.

Misdiagnosing melioidosis

Identification of Pseudomonas pseudomallei in clinical practice: use of simple screening tests and API 20NE.

Melioidosis in tsunami survivors

pseudomallei (then Pseudomonas pseudomallei) was conducted shortly after melioidosis was first reported in South and Central America (6): a large number of water samples from rice fields near Sao Paulo were cultured.

Melioidosis, northeastern Brazil

Electron microscope study of the mode of growth of Pseudomonas pseudomallei in vitro and in vivo.

Route of infection in Melioidosis

Serology and carriage of Pseudomonas pseudomallei: a prospective study in 1000 hospitalized children in northeast Thailand.