title: Burkholderia pseudomallei misidentified by automated system.
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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Gallen CH-9001, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weissert
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dollenmaier
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rafeiner
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Riehm
authors.forename: Detlev
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schultze
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D001331:Automation; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013557:Switzerland; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology; D014195:Travel