Division of Infectious Diseases, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Apr;48(4):1432-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01720-09. Epub 2010 Feb 10.
A survey for the prevalence if Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil in Taiwan found that its incidence is comparable to that in other regions of the world where melioidosis is endemic. The presence of identical genetic patterns among the clinical and environmental isolates evaluated suggested a link between the pathogens present in contaminated soil and the emergence of indigenous melioidosis.
一项针对台湾土壤中伯克霍尔德氏菌流行情况的调查发现,其发病率与世界其他地方性流行地区相当。评估的临床和环境分离株中存在相同的遗传模式表明,污染土壤中的病原体与本土类鼻疽病的出现之间存在联系。