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. 2026 Mar 6;18(3):r221. doi: 10.7759/cureus.r221

Retraction: Burkholderia cepacia Bacteremia Complicated by Acute Parotid Abscess in a Poorly Controlled Diabetic Patient With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Case Report

Nicholsan Jesiah 1,✉, Pakkiyaretnam Mayurathan 1,2
Editors: Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler
PMCID: PMC12965394  PMID: 41798657

This article has been retracted by the Editor-in-Chief after the authors contacted the journal to request retraction, stating that they misidentified the bacteria as burkholderia cepacia. Per the authors, confirmatory testing conducted after publication identified the bacteria as burkholderia pseudomallei. As a result, this article can no longer be considered accurate or credible and must be retracted.

No competing interests declared.


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