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Bacteremia caused by Enterobacter asburiae misidentified biochemically as Cronobacter sakazakii and accurately identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a case report

BACKGROUND: Biochemical analyses of causative bacteria do not always result in clear identification, and new technologies aimed at improving diagnostic accuracy continue to be developed. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry is a rapid and accurate technique fo...

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Autores principales: Horinouchi, Noboru, Shiota, Seiji, Takakura, Takeshi, Yoshida, Atsushi, Kikuchi, Ken, Nishizono, Akira, Miyazaki, Eishi
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8767734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35042553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-03241-2
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author Horinouchi, Noboru
Shiota, Seiji
Takakura, Takeshi
Yoshida, Atsushi
Kikuchi, Ken
Nishizono, Akira
Miyazaki, Eishi
author_facet Horinouchi, Noboru
Shiota, Seiji
Takakura, Takeshi
Yoshida, Atsushi
Kikuchi, Ken
Nishizono, Akira
Miyazaki, Eishi
author_sort Horinouchi, Noboru
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description BACKGROUND: Biochemical analyses of causative bacteria do not always result in clear identification, and new technologies aimed at improving diagnostic accuracy continue to be developed. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry is a rapid and accurate technique for bacterial identification. Misidentification of Cronobacter sakazakii is related to clinical and industrial problems. Here, we encountered a case of rare bacteremia in which the causative organism Enterobacter asburiae was biochemically misidentified as C. sakazakii before being correctly identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. CASE PRESENTATION: An 87-year-old Asian man with no diabetes or active disease developed bacteremia and was admitted to our hospital. While the route of infection could not be determined despite various examinations, the clinical course was good following antibiotic therapy. Biochemical analyses identified the causative organism as C. sakazakii, but colonies on the blood agar medium showed a grayish coloration, differing from the yellowish coloration of typical Cronobacter colonies. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry was therefore performed, identifying the bacterium as E. asburiae on three independent analyses. This result was confirmed by multilocus sequence analysis using five housekeeping genes. CONCLUSIONS: Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry may reduce misidentification of bacteria as C. sakazakii and improve the reporting rate of E. asburiae. This technique should be considered when biochemical bacterial misidentification is suspected.
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spelling pubmed-87677342022-01-19 Bacteremia caused by Enterobacter asburiae misidentified biochemically as Cronobacter sakazakii and accurately identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a case report Horinouchi, Noboru Shiota, Seiji Takakura, Takeshi Yoshida, Atsushi Kikuchi, Ken Nishizono, Akira Miyazaki, Eishi J Med Case Rep Case Report BACKGROUND: Biochemical analyses of causative bacteria do not always result in clear identification, and new technologies aimed at improving diagnostic accuracy continue to be developed. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry is a rapid and accurate technique for bacterial identification. Misidentification of Cronobacter sakazakii is related to clinical and industrial problems. Here, we encountered a case of rare bacteremia in which the causative organism Enterobacter asburiae was biochemically misidentified as C. sakazakii before being correctly identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. CASE PRESENTATION: An 87-year-old Asian man with no diabetes or active disease developed bacteremia and was admitted to our hospital. While the route of infection could not be determined despite various examinations, the clinical course was good following antibiotic therapy. Biochemical analyses identified the causative organism as C. sakazakii, but colonies on the blood agar medium showed a grayish coloration, differing from the yellowish coloration of typical Cronobacter colonies. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry was therefore performed, identifying the bacterium as E. asburiae on three independent analyses. This result was confirmed by multilocus sequence analysis using five housekeeping genes. CONCLUSIONS: Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry may reduce misidentification of bacteria as C. sakazakii and improve the reporting rate of E. asburiae. This technique should be considered when biochemical bacterial misidentification is suspected. BioMed Central 2022-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8767734/ /pubmed/35042553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-03241-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
spellingShingle Case Report
Horinouchi, Noboru
Shiota, Seiji
Takakura, Takeshi
Yoshida, Atsushi
Kikuchi, Ken
Nishizono, Akira
Miyazaki, Eishi
Bacteremia caused by Enterobacter asburiae misidentified biochemically as Cronobacter sakazakii and accurately identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a case report
title Bacteremia caused by Enterobacter asburiae misidentified biochemically as Cronobacter sakazakii and accurately identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a case report
title_full Bacteremia caused by Enterobacter asburiae misidentified biochemically as Cronobacter sakazakii and accurately identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a case report
title_fullStr Bacteremia caused by Enterobacter asburiae misidentified biochemically as Cronobacter sakazakii and accurately identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Bacteremia caused by Enterobacter asburiae misidentified biochemically as Cronobacter sakazakii and accurately identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a case report
title_short Bacteremia caused by Enterobacter asburiae misidentified biochemically as Cronobacter sakazakii and accurately identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a case report
title_sort bacteremia caused by enterobacter asburiae misidentified biochemically as cronobacter sakazakii and accurately identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8767734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35042553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-03241-2
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