Actinobaculum schaalii: An Emerging Uropathogen?

A. schaalii is a rare uropathogen. We report urosepsis with Actinobaculum schaalii detected serendipitously in blood and urine culture in a 79-year-old with urinary tract obstruction. This paper illuminates the flaws in our current system in detecting A. schaalii and raises awareness among clinician...

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Autores principales: Tavassoli, Peyman, Paterson, Ryan, Grant, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/468516
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description A. schaalii is a rare uropathogen. We report urosepsis with Actinobaculum schaalii detected serendipitously in blood and urine culture in a 79-year-old with urinary tract obstruction. This paper illuminates the flaws in our current system in detecting A. schaalii and raises awareness among clinicians and laboratory teams.
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spelling pubmed-33500182012-05-17 Actinobaculum schaalii: An Emerging Uropathogen? Tavassoli, Peyman Paterson, Ryan Grant, Jennifer Case Rep Urol Case Report A. schaalii is a rare uropathogen. We report urosepsis with Actinobaculum schaalii detected serendipitously in blood and urine culture in a 79-year-old with urinary tract obstruction. This paper illuminates the flaws in our current system in detecting A. schaalii and raises awareness among clinicians and laboratory teams. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3350018/ /pubmed/22606634 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/468516 Text en Copyright © 2012 Peyman Tavassoli et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Actinobaculum schaalii: An Emerging Uropathogen?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350018/
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