| Literature DB >> 18495853 |
Chayada Sitthidet1, Joanne M Stevens, Narisara Chantratita, Bart J Currie, Sharon J Peacock, Sunee Korbsrisate, Mark P Stevens.
Abstract
Actin-based motility of the melioidosis pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei requires BimA. We report a high degree of conservation of bimA in 99 B. pseudomallei isolates from the area of endemicity. A geographically restricted subset of B. pseudomallei isolates harbored a B. mallei-like bimA allele (12.1%), confounding a differential diagnostic test based on amplification of species-specific bimA regions.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18495853 PMCID: PMC2446894 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00368-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948