How to identify B. pseudomallei
From the Website Steering Committee
Melioidosis may pass unrecognized because diagnostic confirmation relies on microbiological culture, which is often unavailable in resource-restricted regions of the world. Even with such facilities, B. pseudomallei may be dismissed as a culture contaminant, or be misidentified by standard identification methods including API 20NE and automated bacterial identification systems.
Here, we provide SOP (standard operating procedure) on how to use Latex Agglutination test to identify B. pseudomallei colonies isolated from clinical samples.
Anyone interested in obtaining Latex Agglutination Test for Detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei should contact Assoc Prof Narisara Chantratita at Mahidol University (pdf, narisara@tropmedres.ac) or Dr. Surasak at Melioidosis Research Center (sura_wng@kku.ac.th).