Burkholderia pseudomallei

Burkholderia pseudomallei is atypical of our destination, occurring mainly in the tropics and subtropics of Southeast Asia, but also in northern Australia. This bacterium causes melioidosis or pseudomalleus in humans and animals. The course of the disease can be different, asymptomatic, chronic and acute. Untreated melioidosis is 95% fatal.

Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the genus Burkholderia is constantly renewed, the current classification is as follows:
 * class Betaproteobacteria
 * order Burkholderiales
 * family Burkholderiaceae
 * genus Burkholderia

Related articles

 * Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, Burkholderia
 * Burkholderia
 * Burkholderia cepacia
 * Burkholderia mallei

Reference

 * 1) BENEŠ, Jiří, et al. Infectious medicine. 1st edition. Galén, 2009. 651 pp. 261-262.  ISBN 978-80-7262-644-1.
 * 2) ↑ BEDNÁŘ, Marek, Andrej SOUČEK and Věra FRAŇKOVÁ, et al. Medical microbiology: Bacteriology, virology, parasitology. 1st edition. Prague: Marvil, 1996. 558 pp.  ISBN 8594031505280.