Newly detected paediatric melioidosis cases in a single referral children's hospital in Ho Chi Minh City indicate the probable underrecognition of melioidosis in South Vietnam.

Background: The epidemiology of melioidosis in Vietnam, a disease caused by the soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, remains unclear. This study aimed to detect paediatric melioidosis in South Vietnam and describe clinical features and the geographic distribution.

Methods: We introduced a simple laboratory algorithm for detecting B.

Distribution of Serological Response to in Swine from Three Provinces of Vietnam.

(1) Background: is an environmentally mediated saprophytic pathogen that can cause severe disease in humans. It is well known that survives in tropical moist soil environments worldwide, but melioidosis is gaining recognition as a public and veterinary health issue in Vietnam. The contribution of animals to human disease is unknown, necessitating further investigation.

sp. nov. a multi-drug resistant bacterium infecting humans.

We describe a new multidrug resistant species that was isolated from patients with type 2 diabetes in Vietnam. Strain BD 01 was cultivated in 2017 from a blood sample of a patient suffering from bacteremia. Strain VP 7442 was isolated in 2018 from a pleural fluid sample of a patient who had presented with lung abscess and pleural effusion.

Multitarget Quantitative PCR Improves Detection and Predicts Cultivability of the Pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei.

is present in the environment in many parts of the world and causes the often-fatal disease melioidosis. The sensitive detection and quantification of in the environment are a prerequisite for assessing the risk of infection. We recently reported the direct detection of in soil samples using a quantitative PCR (qPCR) targeting a single type three secretion system 1 (TTSS1) gene.

Highly sensitive direct detection and quantification of Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria in environmental soil samples by using real-time PCR.

The soil bacterium and potential biothreat agent Burkholderia pseudomallei causes the infectious disease melioidosis, which is naturally acquired through environmental contact with the bacterium. Environmental detection of B. pseudomallei represents the basis for the development of a geographical risk map for humans and livestock.

Improved culture-based detection and quantification of Burkholderia pseudomallei from soil.

Environmental surveillance of the Gram-negative soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, the aetiological agent of melioidosis, is important in order to define human populations and livestock at risk of acquiring the infection. This study aimed to develop a more sensitive method for the detection of B. pseudomallei from soil samples in endemic areas compared with the currently used culture method based on soil dispersion in water.

Clinical and microbiological features of melioidosis in northern Vietnam.

Sporadic cases of melioidosis have been reported from Vietnam for decades, but clinical and epidemiological data for the indigenous population are still scarce. In this study, we reviewed clinical and demographic data of patients with culture-proven melioidosis diagnosed at a single large referral hospital in Hanoi between November 1997 and December 2005. We found that the clinical manifestations of melioidosis (with fatal septicaemia as the most common presentation), a high rate of underlying diseases, and a peak of cases admitted during the wet season, were similar to studies from other endemic areas.