Commonly Misidentified Agents

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Commonly Misidentified Agents

Agent of Bioterrorism Common Misidentification
Brucella species
  • Acinetobacter species
  • Haemophilus species
  • Micrococcus species
  • Moraxella species
Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Burkholderia cepacia
  • Chromobacterium violaceum
  • Pseudomonas species
  • Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Francisella tularensis
  • Pasturella multocida

Yersinia pestis
  • Acinetobacter lwoffi
  • Shigella boydii
  • Yersinia pseudotuberculosis