RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zong, Zhiyong A1 Wang, Xiaohui A1 Deng, Yiyun A1 Zhou, TaoyouYR 2012 T1 Misidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Burkholderia cepacia by the VITEK 2 system JF Journal of Medical Microbiology, VO 61 IS 10 SP 1483 OP 1484 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.041525-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1473-5644, AB A previously healthy Chinese male returned from working in the Malaysian jungle with a fever. A blood culture grew Gram-negative bacilli that were initially identified as Burkholderia cepacia by the VITEK 2 system but were subsequently found to be Burkholderia pseudomallei by partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. The identification of B. pseudomallei using commercially available automated systems is problematic and clinicians in non-endemic areas should be aware of the possibility of melioidosis in patients with a relevant travel history and blood cultures growing Burkholderia spp., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.041525-0