Publication: Misidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Acinetobacter species in northern Thailand
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2019-01-01
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Mahidol University
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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.113, No.1 (2019), 48-51
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R. C. Greer, T. Wangrangsimakul, P. Amornchai, V. Wuthiekanun, A. Laongnualpanich, D. A.B. Dance, D. Limmathurotsakul Misidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Acinetobacter species in northern Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.113, No.1 (2019), 48-51. doi:10.1093/trstmh/try108 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/51154
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Misidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Acinetobacter species in northern Thailand
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© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. All rights reserved. Background: Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease endemic throughout the tropics. Methods: A study of reported Acinetobacter spp. bacteraemia was performed at Chiang Rai provincial hospital from 2014 to 2015. Isolates were collected and tested for confirmation. Results: A total of 419 putative Acinetobacter spp. isolates from 412 patients were re-identified and 5/419 (1.2%) were identified as B. pseudomallei. Four of the five patients with melioidosis died. An estimated 88/419 (21%) isolates were correctly identified as Acinetobacter spp. Conclusions: Misidentification of Acinetobacter spp. as B. pseudomallei or other bacteria is not uncommon and programmes to address these shortfalls are urgently required.