Whole-genome sequencing of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from an unusual melioidosis case identifies a polyclonal infection with the same multilocus sequence type.

Price EP; Sarovich DS; Viberg L; Mayo MJ; Kaestli M; Tuanyok A; Foster JT; Keim P; Pearson T; Currie, Bart

Title

Whole-genome sequencing of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from an unusual melioidosis case identifies a polyclonal infection with the same multilocus sequence type.

Link to article in PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25339397/?otool=iaurydwlib

Author(s)

Price EP

Sarovich DS

Viberg L

Mayo MJ

Kaestli M

Tuanyok A

Foster JT

Keim P

Pearson T

Currie, Bart

Abstract

Twelve Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates collected over a 32-month period from a patient with chronic melioidosis demonstrated identical multilocus sequence types (STs). However, whole-genome sequencing suggests a polyclonal infection. This study is the first to report a mixed infection with the same ST.

Publication information

J Clin Microbiol . 2015 Jan;53(1):282-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02560-14. Epub 2014 Oct 22.

Date Issued

2015-01-01