Table 1.
Identification of Burkholderia species by MALDI-TOF MS
| Species | No. of strains of species | Origin or reference; strain(s) (no. of strains from origin) | No. of isolates identified usinga: |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. pseudomallei reference strains | B. pseudomallei and B. thailandensis reference strains | |||
| B. cepacia complex | 20 | Clinical isolates (n = 17) | 20 | 20 |
| BCCM/LMG collection; LMG1222, LMG14191, LMG20980 (n = 3) | ||||
| B. gladioli | 1 | BCCM/LMG collection; LMG2216 | 1 | 1 |
| B. pseudomallei | 52 | Clinical isolates (n = 15) | 52 | 52 |
| Veterinary isolates (n = 25) | ||||
| Environmental isolates (n = 12) | ||||
| B. thailandensis | 3 | 7 | 0 (misidentified as B. pseudomallei) | 3 |
a
Isolates were identified by MALDI-TOF MS using extended database with B. pseudomallei reference strains or with B. pseudomallei and B. thailandensis reference strains in this study.