Within-Host Evolution of <italic toggle="yes">Burkholderia pseudomallei</italic> during Chronic Infection of Seven Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Within-Host Evolution of <italic toggle="yes">Burkholderia pseudomallei</italic> during Chronic Infection of Seven Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Patients

ABSTRACT Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive lung function decline. CF patients are at an increased risk of respiratory infections, including those by the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis. Here, we compared the...

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Main Authors: Linda T. Viberg, Derek S. Sarovich, Timothy J. Kidd, James B. Geake, Scott C. Bell, Bart J. Currie, Erin P. Price
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-05-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Burkholderia pseudomallei
antibiotic resistance
cystic fibrosis
melioidosis
parallelism
reductive evolution
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00356-17

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00356-17

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