Influence of Biochemical Features of Burkholderia pseudomallei Strains on Identification Reliability by Vitek 2 System

Influence of Biochemical Features of Burkholderia pseudomallei Strains on Identification Reliability by Vitek 2 System

Background: Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative saprophytic soil bacterium that causes melioidosis, a potentially fatal disease endemic in wet tropical areas. The currently available biochemical identification systems can misidentify some strains of B. pseudomallei. The aim of the present s...

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Main Authors: Irina B Zakharova, Yana A Lopasteyskaya, Andrey V Toporkov, Dmitry V Viktorov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Biochemical identification
Burkholderia cepacia
Burkholderia pseudomallei
nonmetric multidimensional scaling
Vitek 2
Online Access:http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2018;volume=10;issue=1;spage=7;epage=10;aulast=Zakharova

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