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Phenotypic characterization of three clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Ceará, Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Feb 2006
Virginio C G, Teixeira M F S, Frota C C, Café V S, Rocha M F G, Sidrim J J C
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Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis was found in a small cluster of cases in Tejuçuoca, Ceará, Brazil. Tests were carried out to determine its phenotypic characteristics: colony morphology on Ashdown agar and MacConkey agar, biochemical profile in conventional biochemical tests and API 20NE, arabinose assimilation and susceptibility testing by disk diffusion, comparing with data in the...
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