Burkholderia pseudomallei Misidentified by Automated System
After returning from Thailand, a 35-year-old man from Switzerland was hospitalized with an abscess of the head. Material cultured from the abscess and adjacent bone grew a gram-negative rod, which was misidentified by an automated microbiology system as Burkholderia cepacia. The organism was eventua...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/11/08-1719_article |