Misidentification of Acinetobacter baumannii as Alcaligenes faecalis by VITEK 2 System; Case Report | Zendy

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Misidentification of Acinetobacter baumannii as Alcaligenes faecalis by VITEK 2 System; Case Report

Author(s) -

Suekyeung Kim,

Myeong Hee Kim,

Woo In Lee,

So Young Kang,

You La Jeon

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

laboratory medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 1943-7730

pISSN - 0007-5027

DOI - 10.1093/labmed/lmx062

Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , microbiology and biotechnology , alcaligenes faecalis , opportunistic pathogen , acinetobacter , biology , clinical microbiology , medicine , bacteria , antibiotics , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics

Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is widely known as an opportunistic bacterial pathogen that causes infection more frequently among immunocompromised individuals. Our case demonstrated the limitation of the current VITEK 2 system for the idendification of A. baumannii. Four clinical isolates of A. baumannii were identified as Alcaligenes faecalis by the VITEK 2 system. Misidentification might lead to unnecessary tests and inappropriate treatments. Additional methods appear to be helpful for the accurate identification of A. baumannii for clinical microbiology laboratories.

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