Burkholderia pseudomallei Misidentified by Automated System

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christoph Weissert, Günter Dollenmaier, Philippe Rafeiner, Julia M. Riehm, Detlev Schultze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Burkholderia infections
melioidosis
Burkholderia pseudomallei
communicable diseases
emerging infectious diseases
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/11/08-1719_article
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Summary: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 eventually identified by molecular methods as B. pseudomallei.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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