Publications in the last two years
- Currie, B.J., Mayo, M., Ward, L.M., Kaestli, M., Meumann, E.M., Webb, J.R., Woerle, C., Baird, R.W., Price, R.N., Marshall, C.S., Ralph, A.P., Spencer, E., Davies, J., Huffam, S.E., Janson, S., Lynar, S., Markey, P., Krause, V.L. & Anstey, N.M. (2021). Melioidosis is an opportunistic infectious disease: the 30-year Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study. Lancet Infectious Diseases: in print.
- Janesomboon, S., Muangsombut, V., Srinon, V., Meethai, C., Tharinjaroen, C.S., Amornchai, P., Chantratita, N., Mayo, M., Wuthiekanun, V., Currie, B.J., Stevens, J.M. & Korbsrisate, S. (2021). PCR detection of Burkholderia species with pathogenic potential in environmental soil samples. PLoS ONE, 16(1): e0245175. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245175.
- Rachlin, A., Luangrai, M., Kaestli, M., Rattanavong, S., Phoumin, P., Webb, J.R., Mayo, M., Currie, B.J. & Dance, D.A.B. (2020). Using land runoff to survey the distribution and genetic diversity of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Vientiane, Laos. Applied and Environmental Microbiology: in press. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02112-20.
- Somprasong, N., Hall, C.M., Webb, J.R., Sahl, J.W., Wagner, D.M., Keim, P., Currie, B.J. & Schweizer, H.P. (2020). Burkholderia ubonensis high-level tetracycline resistance is due to efflux pump synergy involving a novel TetA(64) resistance determinant. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy: in press. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01767-20.
- Aziz, A., Currie, B.J., Mayo, M., Sarovich, D.S. & Price, E.P. (2020). Comparative genomics confirms a rare melioidosis human-to-human transmission event and reveals incorrect phylogenomic reconstruction due to polyclonality. Microbial Genomics, 6(2). doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000326.
- Chang, C.Y., Lau, N.L.J., Podin, Y. & Currie, B.J. (2020). Disseminated melioidosis in early pregnancy - an unproven cause of foetal loss. BMC Infectious Diseases, 20:201. doi:10.1186/s12879-020-4937-8.
- Rachlin, A., Mayo, M., Webb, J.R., Kleinecke, M., Rigas, V., Harrington, G., Currie, B.J. & Kaestli, M. (2020). Whole-genome sequencing of Burkholderia pseudomallei from an urban melioidosis hot-spot reveals a fine-scale population structure and localised spatial clustering in the environment. Nature Scientific Reports, 10, 5443. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62300-8.
- Somprasong, N., Hall, C.M., Webb, J.R., Sahl, J.W., Wagner, D.M., Keim, P., Currie, B.J. & Schweizer, H.P. (2020). Burkholderia ubonensis meropenem resistance: Insights into distinct properties of class A b-lactamases in Burkholderia cepacia complex and Burkholderia pseudomallei complex bacteria. mBio, 11, e00592-20. doi:10.1128/mBio.00592-20.
- Pearson, T., Sahl, J.W., Hepp, C.M., Handady, K., Hornstra, H., Vazquez, A.J., Settles, E.W., Mayo, M., Kaestli, M., Williamson, C.H.D., Price, E.P., Sarovich, D.S., Cook, J.M., Wolken, S.R., Bowen, R.A., Tuanyok, A., Foster, J.T., Drees, K.P., Kidd, T.J., Bell, S.C., Currie, B.J. & Keim, P. (2020). Pathogen to commensal? Longitudinal within-host population dynamics, evolution, and adaptation during a chronic >16-year Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. PLoS Pathogens, 16(3), e1008298. doi:10.1371/journal. ppat.1008298.
- Sullivan, R.P., Marshall, C.S., Anstey, N.M., Ward, L.& Currie, B.J. (2020). 2020 Review and revision of the 2015 Darwin melioidosis treatment guideline; paradigm drift not shift. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(9): e0008659. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008659.
- Webb, J.R., Win, M.M., Zin, K.N., Win, K.K.N., Wah, T.T., Ashley, E.A., Smithuis, F., Swe, M.M.M., Mayo, M., Currie, B.J. & Dance, D.A.B. (2020). Myanmar Burkholderia pseudomallei strains are genetically diverse and originate from Asia with phylogenetic evidence of reintroductions from neighbouring countries. Scientific Reports, 10, 16260. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-73545-8.
- Arnold, L., Borecky, N., Geddes, D.A., Lydiard, L., Field, A. & Currie, B.J. (2020). Melioidosis breast abscess diagnosed by screening mammography. The Breast Journal, 26, 2070-2071. doi:10.1111/tbj.14040.
- Webb, J.R., Buller, N., Rachlin, A., Golledge, C., Sarovich, D.S., Price, E.P., Mayo, M. & Currie, B.J. (2020). A persisting non-tropical focus of Burkholderia pseudomallei with limited genome evolution over five decades. mSystems, 5, e00726-20. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00726-20.
- Amiss, A.S., Webb, J.R., Mayo, M., Currie, B.J., Craik, D.J., Troeira Henriques, S. & Lawrence, N. (2020). Safer in vitro drug screening models for melioidosis therapy development. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103, 1846-185. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0248.
- Madden, D.E., Webb, J.R., Steinig, E.J., Currie, B.J., Price, E.P., Sarovich, D.S. (2020). Taking the next-gen step: comprehensive antimicrobial resistance detection from Burkholderia pseudomallei. EBioMedicine, 63, 103152: doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.103152.
- Sullivan, R.P., Ward, L. & Currie, B.J. (2019). Oral eradication therapy for melioidosis: important but not without risks. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 80, 111-114. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.01.019
- Jinhee, Y. J., Simpanya, M.F., Settles, E.W., Shannon, A.B., Hernandez, K., Pristo, L., Keener, M.E., Hornstra, H., Busch, J.D., Soffler, C., Brett, P., Currie, B.J., Bowen, R.A., Tuanyok, A. & Keim, P. (2019). Caprine humoral response to Burkholderia pseudomallei antigens during acute melioidosis from aerosol exposure. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(2): e0006851. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006851.
- Limmathurotsakul, D., Daily, F., Bory, S., Khim, G., Wiersinga, W.J., Torres, A.G., Dance, D.A.B. & Currie, B.J. (2019). Melioidosis: the hazards of incomplete peer-review. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(3):e0007123. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007123.
- Dance, D.A.B., Wuthiekanun, V., Sarovich, D., Price, E.P., Limmathurotsakul, D., Currie, B.J. & Trung, T.T. (2019). Letter: Pan-drug-resistant and biofilm-producing strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei: first report of melioidosis from a diabetic patient in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. International Medical Case Reports Journal, 12, 117-118. doi: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S205245.
- Kirby, P., Smith, S., Ward, L., Hanson, J. & Currie, B.J. (2019). Clinical utility of platelet count as a prognostic marker in melioidosis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100, 1085-1087. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0698
- Schully, K.L., Young, C.C., Mayo, M., Connolly, A.L., Rigas, V., Spall, A., Chan, A.A., Salvador, M.G., Lawler, J.V., Opdyke, J.A., Clark, D.V. & Currie, B.J. (2019). Next generation diagnostics for melioidosis: evaluation of a prototype i-STAT cartridge to detect Burkholderia pseudomallei biomarkers. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69, 421-427. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy929.
- Webb, J.R., Sarovich, D.S., Price, E.P., Ward, L.M., Mayo, M. & Currie, B.J. (2019). Burkholderia pseudomallei lipopolysaccharide genotype does not correlate with severity or outcome in melioidosis: host risk factors remain the critical determinant. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(4), 1-5. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofz091.
- Luangasanatip, N., Flasche, S., Dance, D.A.B., Limmathurotsakul, D., Currie, B.J., Mukhopadhyay, C., Atkins, T., Titball, R. & Jit, M. (2019). The global impact and cost-effectiveness of a melioidosis vaccine. BMC Medicine, 17,129. doi:10.1186/s12916-019-1358-x.
- Webb, J.R., Rachlin, A., Rigas, V., Sarovich, D.S., Price, E.P., Kaestli, M., Ward, L.M., Mayo, M. & Currie, B.J. (2019). Tracing the environmental footprint of the Burkholderia pseudomallei lipopolysaccharide genotypes in the tropical “Top End” of the Northern Territory, Australia. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(7), e0007369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007369.
- Schully, K.L., Burtnick, M.N., Bell, M.G., Spall, A., Mayo, M., Rigas, V., Chan, A.A., Yu, K., Clark, D.V., Maves, R.C., Currie, B.J., Brett, P.J. & Lawler, J.V. (2019). Serological evidence of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in U.S. Marines who trained in Australia from 2012-2014: a retrospective analysis of archived samples. MSMR, 26, 8-17. PMID: 31347371.
- Rachlin, A., Kleinecke, M., Kaestli, M., Mayo, M., Webb, J.R., Rigas, V., Shilton, C., Benedict, S., Dyrting, K. & Currie, B.J. (2019). A cluster of melioidosis infections in hatchling saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) resolved using genome-wide comparison of a common north Australian strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei. Microbial genomics, 5 (8), 1-11. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000288.
- Kaestli, M., O’Donnell, M., Rose, A., Webb, J., Mayo, M., Currie, B.J. & Gibb, K. (2019). Opportunistic pathogens and large microbial diversity detected in source-to-distribution drinking water of three remote communities in Northern Australia. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(9), e0007672. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007672.
- Rachlin, A., Shilton, C., Webb, J.R., Mayo, M., Kaestli, M., Kleinecke, M., Rigas, V., Benedict, S., Gurry, I. & Currie, B.J. (2019). Melioidosis fatalities in captive slender-tailed meerkats (Suricata suricatta): Combining epidemiology, pathology and whole-genome sequencing supports variable mechanisms of transmission with One Health implications. BMC Veterinary Research,15, 458. doi:10.1186/s12917-019-2198-9.
- Jiminez, V.M., Settles, E.W., Currie, B.J., Keim, P. & Monroy, F.P. (2019). Persistence of Burkholderia thailandensis E264 in lung tissue after a single binge alcohol episode. PLoS ONE, 14, e0218147. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218147.
- Mahomed, Y.F., Scott, N.E., Molinaro, A., Creuzenet, C., Ortega, X., Lertmemongkolchai, G., Tunney, M.M., Green, H., Jones, A.M., DeShazer, D., Currie, B.J., Foster, L.J., Ingram, R., De Castro, C. & Valvano, M.A. (2019). A general protein O-glycosylation machinery conserved in Burkholderia species improves bacterial fitness and elicits glycan immunogenicity in humans. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 294, 13248-13268. doi:10.1074/jbc.RA119.009671.
- Zaw, K.K., Wasgewatta, S.L., Kwong, K.K., Fielding, D., Heraganahally, S.S. & Currie, B.J. (2019). Chronic pulmonary melioidosis masquerading as lung malignancy diagnosed by EBUS guided sheath technique. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 28,100894. doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100894.