Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control106535712627980Research ArticleBurkholderia pseudomallei traced to water treatment plant in Australia.InglisT. J.tim.inglis@health.wa.gov.auGarrowS. C.HendersonM.ClairA.SampsonJ.O'ReillyL.CameronB.Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research, Nedlands, Australia.Jan-Feb2000615659

Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from environmental specimens 1 year after an outbreak of acute melioidosis in a remote coastal community in northwestern Australia. B. pseudomallei was isolated from a water storage tank and from spray formed in a pH-raising aerator unit. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed the aerator and storage tank isolates were identical to the outbreak strain, WKo97.