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Case Reports
. 2009 Nov;15(11):1799-801.
doi: 10.3201/eid1511.081719.

Burkholderia pseudomallei misidentified by automated system

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Burkholderia pseudomallei misidentified by automated system

Christoph Weissert et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov.

Abstract

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.

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Computed cranial tomography image of the patient showing a swelling at the right parietal area and a small defect of the bone.

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