Detection and Quantification of the Capsular Polysaccharide of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Serum and Urine Samples from Melioidosis Patients-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Detection and Quantification of the Capsular Polysaccharide of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Serum and Urine Samples from Melioidosis Patients

Published:2022-08-31 Issue:4 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

DeMers Haley L.¹,Nualnoi Teerapat¹,Thorkildson Peter¹,Hau Derrick¹,Hannah Emily E.¹,Green Heather R.¹,Pandit Sujata G.¹,Gates-Hollingsworth Marcellene A.¹,Boutthasavong Latsaniphone²,Luangraj Manophab²,Woods Kate L.²,Dance David²³⁴^ORCID,AuCoin David P.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, USA

2. Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

3. Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

4. Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

Melioidosis is very challenging to diagnose. There is a clear need for a point-of-care assay for the detection of B. pseudomallei antigen directly from patient samples.

Funder

HHS | National Institutes of Health

U.S. Department of Defense

Wellcome Trust

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.00765-22

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