title: Reliability of automated biochemical identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei is regionally dependent.
abstract: Misidentifications of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Burkholderia cepacia by Vitek 2 have occurred. Multidimensional scaling ordination of biochemical profiles of 217 Malaysian and Australian B. pseudomallei isolates found clustering of misidentified B. pseudomallei isolates from Malaysian Borneo. Specificity of B. pseudomallei identification in Vitek 2 and potentially other automated identification systems is regionally dependent.
authors.affiliation: Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
authors.forename: Yuwana
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Podin
authors.forename: Mirjam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaestli
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: Jann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hennessy
authors.forename: Hie Ung
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Ngian
authors.forename: Jin Shyan
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohana
authors.forename: See Chang
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: William
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: Bart J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Currie
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D057205:Automation, Laboratory / Q000379:methods*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity