Slow growth of Burkholderia pseudomallei compared to other pathogens in an adapted blood culture system in Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Zendy

Marjan Peeters | Zendy; Sien Ombelet | Zendy; Panha Chung | Zendy; Achilleas Tsoumanis | Zendy; Kruy Lim | Zendy; Long Leng | Zendy; Birgit De Smet | Zendy; Chun Kham | Zendy; Syna Teav | Zendy; Erika Vlieghe | Zendy; Thong Phe | Zendy; Jan Jacobs | Zendy

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Slow growth of Burkholderia pseudomallei compared to other pathogens in an adapted blood culture system in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Author(s) -

Marjan Peeters,

Sien Ombelet,

Panha Chung,

Achilleas Tsoumanis,

Kruy Lim,

Long Leng,

Birgit De Smet,

Chun Kham,

Syna Teav,

Erika Vlieghe,

Thong Phe,

Jan Jacobs

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1473-5644

pISSN - 0022-2615

DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.001011

Subject(s) - subculture (biology) , burkholderia pseudomallei , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella pneumoniae , biology , blood culture , staphylococcus aureus , burkholderia , bacteria , escherichia coli , antibiotics , genetics , gene , biochemistry

Visual inspection for growth of commercial blood culture bottles in a low-resource setting provided satisfactory yield and time-to-detection. However, B. pseudomallei grew slowly and was mainly detected by blind subculture. The aerobic bottle outperformed the anaerobic bottle.

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