Burkholderia pseudomallei known siderophores and hemin uptake are dispensable for lethal murine melioidosis.
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a mostly saprophytic bacterium, but can infect humans where it causes the difficult-to-manage disease melioidosis. Even with proper diagnosis and prompt therapeutic interventions mortality rates still range from >20% in Northern Australia to over 40% in Thailand. Surp...
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Main Authors: | Brian H Kvitko (Author), Andrew Goodyear (Author), Katie L Propst (Author), Steven W Dow (Author), Herbert P Schweizer (Author) |
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2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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