Burkholderia pseudomallei misidentified by automated system

Publication

Burkholderia pseudomallei misidentified by automated system

Journal Paper/Review - Nov 1, 2009

Weissert Christoph, Dollenmaier Günter, Rafeiner Philippe, Riehm Julia, Schultze Detlev

Units

Division of Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention and Travel Medicine

PubMed

19891868

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.