Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2019)

Case Series Study of Melioidosis, Colombia

  • José Y. Rodríguez,
  • Soraya E. Morales-López,
  • Gerson J. Rodríguez,
  • Carlos A. Álvarez-Moreno,
  • Kelin Esquea,
  • Heidy Pinzon,
  • Luis R. Ramirez,
  • Lilian Moreno,
  • Walter Ocampo,
  • Martha L. Cepeda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.170786
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 8
p. 1534

Abstract

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We report 7 cases of melioidosis in Colombia and comparision of 4 commercial systems for identifying Burkholderia pseudomallei. Phoenix systems were not a definitive method for identifying B. pseudomallei. For accurate identification, we recommend including this bacterium in the library databases of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry systems in Latin America.

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