Publication

Burkholderia pseudomallei misidentified by automated system

Journal Paper/Review - Nov 1, 2009

Units
PubMed

Citation
Weissert C, Dollenmaier G, Rafeiner P, Riehm J, Schultze D. Burkholderia pseudomallei misidentified by automated system. Emerging infectious diseases 2009; 15:1799-801.
Type
Journal Paper/Review (English)
Journal
Emerging infectious diseases 2009; 15
Publication Date
Nov 1, 2009
Issn Electronic
1080-6059
Pages
1799-801
Brief description/objective

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.