First report of sepsis due to Catabacter hongkongensis in an Italian patient.
New Microbes New Infect 2015;
9:54-5. [PMID:
26862436 PMCID:
PMC4708069 DOI:
10.1016/j.nmni.2015.11.011]
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Abstract
The first isolation of Catabacter hongkongensis in Italy is reported. Pleomorphic Gram-positive rods were grown in blood cultures from samples obtained from a 55-year-old patient admitted to the intensive care unit with sepsis after he experienced massive thoracic and abdominal trauma. The identification was obtained by amplification and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene.
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