Correct Identification of Ochrobactrum anthropi From Blood Culture Using 16rRNA Sequencing: A First Case Report in an Immunocompromised Patient in Mexico

The present report describes the misidentification of Brucella spp. from a positive blood culture using traditional microbiology tests. A molecular test identified the bacterium as Ochrobactrum anthropi. According to the information available, this report is the first to include this type of case in...

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Autores principales: Aguilera-Arreola, Ma. G., Ostria-Hernández, Martha L., Albarrán-Fernández, Enrique, Juárez-Enriquez, Sara R., Majalca-Martínez, Cristina, Rico-Verdín, Beatríz, Ruiz, Enrico A., Ruiz-Palma, María del Socorro, Morales-García, María R., Contreras-Rodríguez, Araceli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6062634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30079338
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2018.00205
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Sumario:The present report describes the misidentification of Brucella spp. from a positive blood culture using traditional microbiology tests. A molecular test identified the bacterium as Ochrobactrum anthropi. According to the information available, this report is the first to include this type of case in Mexico.

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