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

oleh: A. Torri, F. Delbianco, F.D. Baccarini, M. Fusari, S. Bertini, F. Congestrì, M. Matteucci, M.F. Pedna, G.D. Testa, V. Sambri

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Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2016-01-01

Deskripsi

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.