Burkholderia mallei

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Related to Burkholderia mallei: glanders, Pseudomonas mallei, Burkholderia cepacia, Burkholderia pseudomallei

Burkholderia mallei

a bacterial species infectious to horses and donkeys, causing glanders and farcy.

Burkholderia mallei

a nonmotile species that causes glanders. It is primarily a disease of horses, mules, and donkeys but may also infect humans and other animals. It is a potential agent for bioterrorism.

Burkholderia mallei

A gram-negative bacterium which causes glanders in horses, donkeys and mules; it is not part of normal human flora.

Clinical findings
Human disease is rare, and follows exposure of mucocutaneous surfaces (eyes, mouth, nose) or skin cuts to infected animals, resulting in fever, skin abscesses, pneumonia and septicaemia, which, if untreated, is often fatal.

Burk·hol·der·i·a mal·le·i

(bŭrk-hol-der'ē-ă mal'ē-ī)

A bacterial species infectious to horses and donkeys, causing glanders and farcy.
Synonym(s): Pseudomonas mallei.

Burkholderia

a genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria.

Burkholderia mallei

the causative agent of glanders, a disease of horses that is communicable to humans. Previously called Pseudomonas mallei.

Burkholderia pseudomallei

the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease of rodents occasionally transmitted to all domestic animal species and humans. Formerly called Pseudomonas pseudomallei.

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van Rotterdam, "Multiplex qPCR for reliable detection and differentiation of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei'" BMC Infectious Diseases, vol.

Dow, "Development of Burkholderia mallei and pseudomallei vaccines," Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, vol.

The identification and differentiation between Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei using one gene pyrosequencing

Burkholderia mallei isolates: Forty three isolates of B.

Disc Diffusion Based In Vitro Antibiotic Susceptibility of Recent Isolates of Burkholderia mallei

Type VI secretion is a major virulence determinant in Burkholderia mallei.

Increased neurotropic threat from Burkholderia pseudomallei strains with a B. mallei--like variation in the bimA motility gene, Australia

Summary of specimens and testing for agents of bioterrorism ORGANISM SPECIMENS (VARIES WITH SYMPTOMS) Bacillus anthracis Blood, vesicular fluid, skin scrapings, sputum, rectal swab or feces Clostridium botulinum Feces, enema, gastric aspirate, (toxin) serum (3 ml minimum), tissue Brucella species Blood, bone marrow, liver, spleen, joint fluid, serum Francisella tularensis Blood, respiratory, tissues, serology Yersinia pestis Blood, lower respiratory, tissue; liver, spleen bone marrow, serum Burkholderia mallei Blood, respiratory, tissues, serum Burkholderia pseudomallei Blood, respiratory, tissues, serum, urine Staphylococcus aureus Nasal wash, induced sputum, urine, (enterotoxin B producer) feces, gastric aspirate, post-mortem tissue, serum, S.

Sentinel bioterrorism responders: are hospital labs ready?

fungorum presumably mimics the growth characteristic of Burkholderia mallei, essential for the bacterium's survival, proliferation, and evasion of host adaptive immune responses (10).

Synovial tissue infection with Burkholderia fungorum

Glanders is an infectious disease - caused by infection with the bacterium Burkholderia mallei - usually by ingestion of contaminated food or water that occurs primarily in horses and can be easily spread.

CHIP 'n' RIDE!

Glanders is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium burkholderia mallei that occurs primarily in horses and it has spread across the kingdom.

GLANDERS: THE TRUTH

Glanders is caused by Burkholderia mallei and is communicable to humans but should not be confused with human melioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei.

Glanders [glan'derz]

Rapid identification of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei by intact cell matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometric typing.

Melioidosis in traveler from Africa to Spain

Glanders, a World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)-listed disease, is a contagious, life-threatening disease of equids caused by the gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia mallei (1).

Natural Burkholderia mallei infection in dromedary, Bahrain

It is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei, an obligate pathogen of horses, donkeys, and mules (Equidae), with occasional infections in felines, canines, and humans (2,3).