Dr David AB Dance
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Bacterial infections in Laos
Laos is seing a growing number of melioidosis, a bacterial infection caused by a bacterium that lived in the environment. Meliolidosis is a disease greatly under-recognised and treatment is specific, making it a major threat to farmers in developing countries. A better understanding of the prevalence of this infection and how it spreads allows us to better target prevention and treatment.
David Dance
Clinical Microbiologist
- Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Medicine
LOMWRU
David Dance is a Clinical Microbiologist supporting the work of LOMWRU (Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Research Unit) on bacterial infections of importance to public health in Laos.
He is particularly interested in all aspects of melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei infection), especially gaining a greater understanding of the global distribution of the disease and the environmental factors that underpin its distribution.
Other interests include:
- aetiology of bacteraemia, pneumonia, meningitis and endocarditis
- antimicrobial resistance
- typhoid and other Salmonella and Shigella infections
- streptococcal infections, including pneumococci, Strep. suis and and Group A streptococci.
Key publications
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Leptospirosis, melioidosis, and rickettsioses in the vicious circle of neglect
Tshokey T. et al, (2025), PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19, e0012796 - e0012796
Recent publications
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Leptospirosis, melioidosis, and rickettsioses in the vicious circle of neglect
Tshokey T. et al, (2025), PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19, e0012796 - e0012796
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Case Report: Soft tissue infection with Burkholderia thailandensis capsular variant: case report from the Lao PDR
Vannachone S. et al, (2024), Wellcome Open Research, 9, 421 - 421
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Use of Comparative Genomics To Resolve an Unusual Case of Aminoglycoside Susceptibility in the Melioidosis Pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei in Bangladesh.
Kaestli M. et al, (2024), The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 111, 1056 - 1059
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Case Report: Soft tissue infection with Burkholderia thailandensis capsular variant: case report from the Lao PDR
Vannachone S. et al, (2024), Wellcome Open Research, 9, 421 - 421
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Point mutation P174L of the penA gene endowing ceftazidime resistance to Burkholderia pseudomallei in China.
Tian S. et al, (2024), Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy, 76