Burkholderia mallei

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Burkholderia mallei
Burkholderiaceae
Burkholderia
Colonies of Burkholderia mallei on blood agar
Morphology Good bar
Relation to oxygen strictly aerobic
Cultivation common cultivation soils
Transmission direct contact with a sick animal, inhalation of contaminated dust or aerosol
Incubation time 1-14 days
Disease fever (acute, chronic)
Diagnostics cultivation (in case of clinical suspicion, notify the laboratory in advance), serological and skin tests
Therapy acute: carbapenems, ceftazidime, co-trimoxazole, fluoroquinolones, doxycycline; chronic: up to several months of administration
MeSH ID D042726
Burkholderia mallei - microscopically


Burkholderia mallei is an exception among other genera, it is a stationary gram-negative rod. It occurs mostly in the tropics and subtropics and can be brought to us from these areas. It causes a disease of solipeds called malleus . When transmitted to humans, it often has lethal consequences.


Taxonomy[edit | edit source]

The taxonomy of the genus Burkholderia is constantly renewed, the current classification is as follows:

  • class Betaproteobacteria
  • order Burkholderiales
  • family Burkholderiaceae
  • genus Burkholderia

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Related articles[edit | edit source]

Reference[edit | edit source]

  1. BENEŠ, Jiří, et al. Infectious medicine. 1st edition. Galén, 2009. 651 pp. 261-262. ISBN 978-80-7262-644-1 .

Použitá literatura[edit | edit source]

  • POVÝŠIL, Ctibor and Ivo ŠTEINER, et al. General pathology. 1st edition. Prague: Galén, 2011. 290 pp. Chapter 13: General Oncology. pp. 133-190. ISBN 978-80-7262-773-8 .
  • VOTAVA, Miroslav, et al. Medical microbiology special. 1st edition. Brno: Neptun, 2003. 495 pp. Chapter 1.1: Gram-negative non-fermenting bacteria. pp. 29-37. ISBN 80-902896-6-5 .
  • KAYSER, Fritz H. and Kurt A. BIENZ. Medical Microbiology. 1st edition. Germany: Thieme, 2005. 268 pp. 308-311. ISBN 9781588902450 .
  • SEDLÁK, Kamil and Markéta TOMŠÍČKOVÁ. Dangerous infections of animals and humans. 1st edition. Prague: Scientia, 2006. 167 pp. 147-148. ISBN 80-86960-07-2 .

Externí odkazy[edit | edit source]

Bacteria
G +
coke
aerobic
Micrococcus Micrococcus luteus
Rhodococcus Rhodococcus equi
facultatively anaerobic
Enterococcus Enterococcus duransEnterococcus faecalisEnterococcus faecium
Streptococcus Streptococcus agalactiaeStreptococcus mutansStreptococcus pneumoniaeStreptococcus pyogenesStreptococcus suisOral streptococci
Staphylococcus Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus epidermidisStaphylococcus intermediusStaphylococcus saprophyticus
anaerobic
Peptococcus Peptococcus niger
Peptostreptococcus Peptostreptococcus anaerobiusPeptostreptococcus prevotiiPeptostreptococcus vaginalis
sticks
aerobic + facultative anaerobic
Arcanobacter Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
Bacillus Bacillus anthracisBacillus cereus
Corynebacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriaeCorynebacterium jeikeiumCorynebacterium ulceransCorynebacterium urealyticum
Erysipelothrix Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Listeria Listeria monocytogenes
Nocardia Nocardia asteroidesNocardia brasiliensis
Rhodococcus Rhodococcus equi
anaerobic
Actinomyces Actinomyces israeli • Actinomyces naeslundi
Bifidobacterium Bifidobacterium dentium
Clostridium Clostridium botulinumClostridium difficileClostridium novyiClostridium tetaniClostridium perfringensClostridium septicumClostridium ulcerans
Lactobacillus Lactobacillus acidophilus
Propionibacterium Propionibacterium acnesPropionibacterium propionicus
Go
coke
aerobic
Acinetobacter Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
Moraxella Moraxella catarrhalisMoraxella lacunata
Neisseria Neisseria gonorrhoeaeNeisseria meningitidis • Non-pathogenic species of Neisseria
anaerobic
Veillonella Veillonella alcalescensVeillonella parvula
cocobacilli
aerobic
Rickettsia Rickettsia prowazekiiRickettsia rickettsiiRickettsia typhi
sticks
aerobic
Alcaligentes Alkaligentes feacalis
Bartonella Bartonella bacilliformisBartonella henselaeBartonella quintana
Bordetella Bordetella bronchisepticaBordetella parapertussisBordetella pertussis
Brucella Brucella abortusBrucella canisBrucella melitensisBrucella suis
Burkholderia Burkholderia cepaciaBurkholderia malleiBurkholderia pseudomallei
Francisella Francisella tularensis
Legionella Legionella pneumophila
Kingella Kingella denitrificansKingella kingaeKingella oralis
Pseudomonas Pseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas fluorescens
Stenotrophomonas Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
facultatively anaerobic
Actinobacillus Actinobacillus equliActinobacillus lignieresii
Aeromonas Aermonas caviaeAeromonas hydrophilaAeromonas sobria
Afipia Afipia felis
Citrobacter Citrobacter freundiCitrobacter koseri
Eikenella Eikenella corrodens
Enterobacter Enterobacter aerogenesEnterobacter cloacae
Escherichia Escherichia coli
Haemophilus Haemophilus ducreyiHaemophilus haemolyticusHaemophilus influenzaeHaemophilus parainfluenzae
Klebsiella Klebsiella granulomatisKlebsiella oxytocaKlebsiella pneumoniae
Pasteurella Pasteurella haemolyticaPasteurella multocidaPasteurella ureae
Plesiomonas Plesiomonas shigelloides
Proteus Proteus mirabilisProteus vulgaris
Salmonella Salmonella Enteritidis • Salmonella Typhi • Salmonella Paratyphi
Serratia Serratia marcescens
Shigella Shigella boydiiShigella dysenteriaeShigella flexneriShigella sonnei
Vibrio Vibrio choleraeVibrio parahemolyticus
Yersinia Yersinia enterocoliticaYersinia pestisYersinia pseudotuberculosis
microaerophilic
Campylobacter Campylobacter coliCampylobacter fetusCampylobacter jejuni
Helicobacter Helicobacter pylori
anaerobic
Bacteroides Bacteroides fragilisBacteroides vulgatus
Fusobacterium Fusobacterium necrophorumFusobacterium nucleatumFusobacterium stabile
Leptotricha Leptotricha buccalis
Mobiluncus Mobiluncus curtisiiMobiluncus mulieris
Prevotella Prevotella melaninogenica
Porphyromonas Porphyromonas gingivalis
acid resistant
sticks
aerobic
Mycobacterium Atypical mycobacteriaMycobacterium tuberculosisMycobacterium leprae
non-stainable G +/-
spiral
strictly aerobic
Leptospira Leptospira biflexaLeptospira interrogansLeptospira parva
microaerophilic
Borrelia Borrelia burgdorferiBorrelia hermsiBorrelia recurrentisBorrelia vincenti
strictly anaerobic
Treponema Non-pathogenic treponemsTreponema carateumTreponema pallidumTreponema phagedenisTreponema pertenue
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