Bacteremia due to a novel Microbacterium species in a patient with leukemia and description of Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov.
(2003) Journal of Clinical Microbiology — Vol. 41, n° 5, p. 2242-2246 (2003)
Files
12734292.pdf
Open Access - Adobe PDF
- 115.55 KB
Details
- Authors
- Abstract
- A yellow-pigmented coryneform rod was isolated from the blood of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who was perfused with a central venous catheter. The culture bottles were positive twice, at a 2-month interval. The isolate was identified as a Microbacterium sp. and studied along with five other similar strains. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, and genetic characteristics indicated that they are closely related to Microbacterium oxydans but that they belong to a distinct species, for which the name Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of M. paraoxydans is CF36(T) = DSM 15019(T). The G+C content of its DNA is 69.9 mol%.
- Affiliations
Citations
Laffineur, K., Avesani, V., Cornu, G., Charlier, J., Janssens, M., Wauters, G., & Delmée, M. (2003). Bacteremia due to a novel Microbacterium species in a patient with leukemia and description of Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(5), 2242-2246. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.5.2242-2246.2003 (Original work published 2003)