Burkholderia pseudomallei: Challenges for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory—a Response from the Front Line
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David A. B. Dance,a,b,c Direk Limmathurotsakul,b,d Bart J. Curriee Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republica; Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdomb; Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdomc; MahidolOxford Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailandd; Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University and Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australiae
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