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Performance of MALDI-TOF MS, real-time PCR, antigen detection, and automated biochemical testing for the identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei
5 Sept 2024
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ABSTRACT Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease highly endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia, though the area of endemicity is expanding. Cases may occur in returning travelers or, rarely, from imported contaminated products. Identification of B. pseudomallei is challenging for laboratories that do not see this organism frequently, and misidentifications by...
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