Frontiers in Medicine (Jul 2018)

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

  • Ma. G. Aguilera-Arreola,
  • Martha L. Ostria-Hernández,
  • Enrique Albarrán-Fernández,
  • Sara R. Juárez-Enriquez,
  • Cristina Majalca-Martínez,
  • Beatríz Rico-Verdín,
  • Enrico A. Ruiz,
  • María del Socorro Ruiz-Palma,
  • María del Socorro Ruiz-Palma,
  • María R. Morales-García,
  • María R. Morales-García,
  • Araceli Contreras-Rodríguez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2018.00205
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5

Abstract

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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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