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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Greer, Rachel C
• Wangrangsimakul, Tri
• Amornchai, Premjit
• Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn
• Laongnualpanich, Achara
• Dance, David A B
• Limmathurotsakul, Direk

Titel

Misidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Acinetobacter species in northern Thailand

Ist Teil von

• Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019-01, Vol.113 (1), p.48-51

Ort / Verlag

England: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract 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.