Table 1.
Number of isolates tested with the Vitek 2 system
| Sample origin | Total no. of B. pseudomallei isolatesa | Total no. of B. cepacia isolates tested | No. of B. pseudomallei isolates correctly identified as B. pseudomalleib,e | No. of isolates with low discriminationc,e | No. of B. pseudomallei isolates misidentified as B. cepaciad,e | No. of B. cepacia isolates correctly identifiede |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah, Malaysian Borneo | 25 | Not done | 22 (88) | 1 (4) | 2 (8) | Not done |
| Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo | 43 | Not done | 23 (53) | 5 (12) | 15 (35) | Not done |
| Darwin, Australia | 149 | 18 | 146 (98) | 0 | 3 (2) | 18 (100) |
a
Positive by TTS1 and agglutination tested.
b
With a 90 to 99% probability of being B. pseudomallei.
c
Low discrimination between B. cepacia and B. pseudomallei.
d
With a 90 to 99% probability of being B. cepacia.
e
Numbers in parentheses refer to the percentages of total isolates of the same state/country origin.