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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.