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1. CaracterizaÃÃo fenotÃpica e genotÃpica, sensibilidade a antimicrobianos e detecÃÃo de gene de virulÃncia de cepas clÃnicas e ambientais de Burkholderia pseudomallei. / Genotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility and detection of virulence genes of clinical and environmental strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated in Ceara.
Melioidosis is a serious infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram negative rod, commonly found in soil and water. The disease is endemic in Southeastern Asia and hyperendemic in Northern Australia. Despite the initiation of empiric therapy, mortality remains at 21% in patients with melioidosis in Australia. In Brazil, it is considered a
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 04/11/2011
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2. Identificação de Burkholderia pseudomallei baseada em PCR
As técnicas de amplificação de DNA estão sendo cada vez mais utilizadas em laboratórios clínicos para a confirmação da identificação de bactérias que têm importância médica. Um método de identificação de Burkholderia pseudomallei baseado em PCR tem sido usado em nosso centro há 10 anos e foi utilizado para confirmar a identificação de bac
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. Publicado em: 2006-10
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3. Phenotypic characterization of three clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Ceará, Brazil
Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis was found in a small cluster of cases in Tejuçuoca, Ceará, Brazil. Tests were carried out to determine its phenotypic characteristics: colony morphology on Ashdown agar and MacConkey agar, biochemical profile in conventional biochemical tests and API 20NE, arabinose assimilation and susceptibili
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2006-02
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4. Recomendações clínicas para o diagnóstico e tratamento da melioidose
Melioidose é uma infecção emergente no Brasil e em países vizinhos da América do Sul. O amplo espectro de apresentação clínica inclui pneumonia adquirida na comunidade, septicemia, infecção do sistema nervoso central e infecção de partes moles de menor severidade. O diagnóstico depende essencialmente da identificação microbiológica. Burkholde
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. Publicado em: 2006-02
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5. Aspectos fenotÃÂpicos de amostras de Burkhoderia pseudomallei isoladas de uma microepidemia do municÃÂpio de TejuÃÂuoca-Ce. / Characterization phenotypic of three strains clinical of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated in Ceara, Brazil
A Burkholderia pseudomallei à um bacilo Gram-negativo nÃo-fermentador, saprÃfita ambiental capaz de causar melioidose em homens e animais. A doenÃa à considerada endÃmica em diversos paÃses, entre os quais destacam-se TailÃndia e AustrÃlia. Em fevereiro de 2003, ocorreu no Brasil, o primeiro isolamento e identificaÃÃo da bactÃria em quatro crian�
Publicado em: 2005
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6. Burkholderia pseudomallei: infecção humana no Ceará, Brasil
O isolamento de Burkholderia pseudomallei, de meio ambiente e de espécimes clínicos, foi raramente registrado na América do Sul, particularmente no Brasil. Este relato descreve o caso de melioidose em um paciente de 10 anos de idade, de área rural do estado do Ceará (Tejuçuoca). As hemoculturas foram positivas e as análises dos testes bioquímicos e d
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. Publicado em: 2004-02
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7. Intracellular survival of Burkholderia pseudomallei.
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease being increasingly recognized as an important cause of morbidity and mortality in many regions of the world. Several features of melioidosis suggest that B. pseudomallei is a facultative intracellular pathogen. This study was designed to assess the ability of B. pseudomallei to invade
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8. Flagellum-Mediated Adhesion by Burkholderia pseudomallei Precedes Invasion of Acanthamoeba astronyxis
In this study we investigated the role of the bacterial flagellum in Burkholderia pseudomallei entry to Acanthamoeba astronyxis trophozoites. B. pseudomallei cells were tethered to the external amoebic surface via their flagella. MM35, the flagellum-lacking fliC knockout derivative of B. pseudomallei NCTC 1026b did not demonstrate flagellum-mediated endocyto
American Society for Microbiology.
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9. Analogous Cytokine Responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei Strains Contrasting in Virulence Correlate with Partial Cross-Protection in Immunized Mice
Cytokine mRNA levels were assessed in Burkholderia pseudomallei-susceptible BALB/c mice and B. pseudomallei-resistant C57BL/6 mice following administration of a sublethal dose of less virulent (LV) B. pseudomallei, a candidate immunogen tested for protection against a highly virulent (HV) challenge. Compared on the basis of the bacterial loads, the cytokine
American Society for Microbiology.
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10. Contribution of Gene Loss to the Pathogenic Evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis. Burkholderia thailandensis is a closely related species that can readily utilize l-arabinose as a sole carbon source, whereas B. pseudomallei cannot. We used Tn5-OT182 mutagenesis to isolate an arabinose-negative mutant of B. thailandensis. Sequence analysis of regions flanking the transposon i
American Society for Microbiology.
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11. Interaction between Burkholderia pseudomallei and Acanthamoeba Species Results in Coiling Phagocytosis, Endamebic Bacterial Survival, and Escape
Burkholderia pseudomallei causes melioidosis, a potentially fatal disease whose clinical outcomes include rapid-onset septicemia and relapsing and delayed-onset infections. Like other facultative intracellular bacterial pathogens, B. pseudomallei is capable of survival in human phagocytic cells, but unlike mycobacteria, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella
American Society for Microbiology.
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12. Phylogenetic Analysis of Ara+ and Ara− Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates and Development of a Multiplex PCR Procedure for Rapid Discrimination between the Two Biotypes
A Burkholderia pseudomallei-like organism has recently been identified among some soil isolates of B. pseudomallei in an area with endemic melioidosis. This organism is almost identical to B. pseudomallei in terms of morphological and biochemical profiles, except that it differs in ability to assimilate l-arabinose. These Ara+ isolates are also less virulent
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