First report of sepsis due to Catabacter hongkongensis in an Italian patient

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 identific...

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Autores principales: Torri, A., Delbianco, F., Baccarini, F.D., Fusari, M., Bertini, S., Congestrì, F., Matteucci, M., Pedna, M.F., Testa, G.D., Sambri, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
First Clinical Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4708069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.11.011
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Sumario: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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