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Misidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Acinetobacter species in northern Thailand

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dc.contributor.authorR. C. Greeren_US
dc.contributor.authorT. Wangrangsimakulen_US
dc.contributor.authorP. Amornchaien_US
dc.contributor.authorV. Wuthiekanunen_US
dc.contributor.authorA. Laongnualpanichen_US
dc.contributor.authorD. A.B. Danceen_US
dc.contributor.authorD. Limmathurotsakulen_US
dc.contributor.otherLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicineen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahidol Universityen_US
dc.contributor.otherNuffield Department of Clinical Medicineen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahosot Hospitalen_US
dc.contributor.otherChiangrai Prachanukroh Hospitalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-27T09:05:39Z
dc.date.available2020-01-27T09:05:39Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-01en_US
dc.description.abstract© 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.113, No.1 (2019), 48-51en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/trstmh/try108en_US
dc.identifier.issn18783503en_US
dc.identifier.issn00359203en_US
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-85059497915en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/51154
dc.rightsMahidol Universityen_US
dc.rights.holderSCOPUSen_US
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dc.subjectImmunology and Microbiologyen_US
dc.subjectMedicineen_US
dc.titleMisidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Acinetobacter species in northern Thailanden_US
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