Burkholderia vietnamiensis causing a non-lactational breast abscess in a non-cystic fibrosis patient in Tamil Nadu, India

We present here a report of a case of Burkholderia vietnamiensis causing a non-lactational breast abscess in a non-CF patient. The pathogen was identified as B. cepacia using Vitek system and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation–time of flight. This was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using recA genus-specific gene and sequencing of the PCR amplicons. recA-restriction fragment length polymorphism and recA gene sequencing revealed that the isolate is B. vietnamiensis. This is the first description of B. vietnamiensis isolated from a clinical case from India.

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology - November 4, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Anusha Rohit M Shraddha Rani N Suresh Anand Cynthia Chellappa P Mohanapriya Indrani Karunasagar Iddya Karunasagar Vijaya Kumar Deekshit Source Type: research