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. 2000 Jan-Feb;6(1):56-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid0601.000110.

Burkholderia pseudomallei traced to water treatment plant in Australia

T J Inglis  1 , S C Garrow, M Henderson, A Clair, J Sampson, L O'Reilly, B Cameron
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Burkholderia pseudomallei traced to water treatment plant in Australia

T J Inglis et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from environmental specimens 1 year after an outbreak of acute melioidosis in a remote coastal community in northwestern Australia. B. pseudomallei was isolated from a water storage tank and from spray formed in a pH-raising aerator unit. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed the aerator and storage tank isolates were identical to the outbreak strain, WKo97.

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