Volume 31, Number 7—July 2025
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Multisystemic Disease and Septicemia Caused by Presumptive Burkholderia pseudomallei in American Quarter Horse, Florida, USA
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Monoclonal antibody labeling through immunohistochemistry or Western blot analysis of various strains of Burkholderia species in study of multisystemic disease and septicemia caused by presumptive Burkholderia pseudomallei in American quarter horse, Florida, USA
Monoclonal antibody | Florida case B. pseudomallei | B. pseudomallei MSHR840, serotype B2 | B. pseudomallei Bp82, serotype A | B. pseudomallei 576mn, serotype B | B. cepacia complex (12), n = 19 |
B. mallei ATCC 23344, serotype A variant |
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4C4, Bp CPS | + | + | + | + | – | – |
4C7, Bp O-Ag serotype A | – | – | + | – | – | – |
3A2, Bp O-Ag serotype B | + | + | – | + | – | – |
5B4, Bp O-Ag serotype B2 | + | + | – | + | – | – |
3D11, Bm O-Ag serotype A variant | – | – | – | – | – | + |
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