A simple laboratory algorithm for diagnosis of melioidosis in resource-constrained areas: a study from north-central Vietnam

摘要

Objectives: Melioidosis may be endemic in many tropical developing countries, but diagnosis of the disease is currently unreliable in resource-limited areas. We aimed to validate a simple and cheap laboratory algorithm for the identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei from clinical specimens in parts of Vietnam where the disease has not previously been reported.