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We evaluated the correlation of Burkholderia pseudomallei quantities in blood versus urine, sputum or pus. Correlations between bacterial counts in blood and other samples were not found. It is likely that an initial seeding event to extracellular organs is followed by independent growth of B. pseudomallei, and that bacteria in the urine were not passively filtered from the bloodstream.

Type

Journal

The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health

Publication Date

07/2009

Volume

40

Pages

781 - 784

Addresses

Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand.

Keywords

Sputum, Humans, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Melioidosis, Suppuration, Colony Count, Microbial