Clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from north Queensland carry diverse bimABm genes that are associated with central nervous system disease and are phylogenomically distinct from other Australian strains.

• Main Authors: Delaney Burnard (Author), Michelle J Bauer (Author), Caitlin Falconer (Author), Ian Gassiep (Author), Robert E Norton (Author), David L Paterson (Author), Patrick Na Harris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Burkholderia pseudomallei is an environmental gram-negative bacterium that causes the disease melioidosis and is endemic in many countries of the Asia-Pacific region. In Australia, the mortality rate remains high at approximately 10%, despite curative antibiotic treatm...