Size distribution and buoyant density of Burkholderia pseudomallei. 2011

Jose-Luis Sagripanti, and Monica Carrera, and Jeannie Robertson, and Avram Levy, and Timothy J J Inglis
Research and Technology Directorate, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, US Army, 5183 Blackhawk Rd, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424, USA. joseluis.sagripanti@us.army.mil

The size and density of microbial cells determine the time that pathogens can remain airborne and thus, their potential to infect by the respiratory route. We determined the density and size distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei cells in comparison with other Burkholderia species, including B. mallei and B. thailandensis, all prepared and analyzed under similar conditions. The observed size distribution and densities of several bacterial strains indicates that aerosolized particles consisting of one or of a few B. pseudomallei cells should be efficiently retained in the lungs, highlighting the risk of transmission of melioidosis by the respiratory route when the pathogen is present in fluids from infected patients or aerosolized from the environment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008554 Melioidosis A disease of humans and animals that resembles GLANDERS. It is caused by BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI and may range from a dormant infection to a condition that causes multiple abscesses, PNEUMONIA and BACTEREMIA. Whitmore's Disease,Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection,Burkholderia pseudomallei Infections,Disease, Whitmore's,Infection, Burkholderia pseudomallei,Melioidoses,Whitmore Disease
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000336 Aerosols Colloids with a gaseous dispersing phase and either liquid (fog) or solid (smoke) dispersed phase; used in fumigation or in inhalation therapy; may contain propellant agents. Aerosol
D012307 Risk Factors An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D013046 Specific Gravity The ratio of the density of a material to the density of some standard material, such as water or air, at a specified temperature. Relative Density,Densities, Relative,Density, Relative,Gravities, Specific,Gravity, Specific,Relative Densities,Specific Gravities
D016957 Burkholderia pseudomallei A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that causes MELIOIDOSIS. It has been isolated from soil and water in tropical regions, particularly Southeast Asia. Pseudomonas pseudomallei
D019117 Burkholderia A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria originally classified as members of the PSEUDOMONADACEAE.

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