@article{0f5464a8ecad496a8fbb88a069bdb46f,
title = "Contamination of hand wash detergent linked to occupationally acquired melioidosis",
abstract = "Two mechanics working at a garage in tropical northern Australia simultaneously developed upper limb melioidosis ulcers. Both patients had Burkholderia pseudomallei of identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) type (Spe I). Environmental sampling identified B. pseudomallei in a container of commercial hand wash detergent as the likely source of infection, although there were multiple isolates of different PFGE types to the clinical isolates.",
keywords = "ceftazidime, cotrimoxazole, detergent, adult, article, Australia, Burkholderia pseudomallei, case report, contamination, hand washing, human, male, melioidosis, pulsed field gel electrophoresis, skin ulcer, Adult, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Detergents, Environmental Microbiology, Equipment Contamination, Handwashing, Humans, Male, Melioidosis, Middle Aged, Occupational Diseases, Burkholderia, Negibacteria",
author = "D Gal and Mark Mayo and Heidi Smith-Vaughan and P Dasari and M McKinnon and Susan Jacups and A Urquhart and M Hassell and Bart Currie",
year = "2004",
language = "English",
volume = "71",
pages = "360--362",
journal = "American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene",
issn = "0002-9637",
publisher = "American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene",
number = "3",
}