Burkholderia pseudomallei Misidentified by Automated System

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Weissert, Christoph ; Dollenmaier, Günter ; Rafeiner, Philippe ; Riehm, Julia ; Schultze, Detlev ; Weissert, Christoph ; Dollenmaier, Günter ; Rafeiner, Philippe ; Riehm, Julia ; Schultze, Detlev
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Abscess Adult Automation Bacteriological Techniques Burkholderia Cepacia Burkholderia Infections Communicable Diseases, Emerging Diagnostic Errors Genes, Bacterial Humans Male Melioidosis Travel

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(11):1799-1801. ; Emerg Infect Dis. 15(11):1799-1801.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Switzerland ; Thailand
• Location:
  Europe ; Asia ; Europe ; Asia
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3ebba59d9e86d6a6db7797a4bcaaa1d1c5db6f7aaf02b6202ce193b786508911
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17806/cdc_17806_DS1.pdf
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