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

Frontiers in Medicine

Ma. G. Aguilera-Arreola¹ 

关键词: Ochrobactrum bacteraemia;    Ochrobactrum identification;    misidentifying Brucella;    Ochrobactrum anthropi;    Ochrobactrum in humans;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2018.00205

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY