First report of Myroides phaeus bacteraemia identified by Polymerase chain reaction and genetic sequencing
G. Pérez-Lazo,
A. Morales-Moreno,
F. Soto-Febres,
H. Jove-Químper,
L. Morales-Castillo,
C. Palomares-Reyes,
J. Del Valle-Mendoza,
M. Aguilar-Luis,
W. Silva-Caso
Affiliations
G. Pérez-Lazo
Unidad de Infectología, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru
A. Morales-Moreno
Unidad de Infectología, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru
F. Soto-Febres
Unidad de Infectología, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru
H. Jove-Químper
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru
L. Morales-Castillo
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru
C. Palomares-Reyes
School of Medicine, Research and Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Av. San Marcos cuadra 2, Chorrillos, Lima, Peru; Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
J. Del Valle-Mendoza
School of Medicine, Research and Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Av. San Marcos cuadra 2, Chorrillos, Lima, Peru; Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
M. Aguilar-Luis
School of Medicine, Research and Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Av. San Marcos cuadra 2, Chorrillos, Lima, Peru; Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
W. Silva-Caso
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Tecnológica del Perú, Lima, Peru; Corresponding author.
We report the first case of Myroides phaeus isolated from blood, causing bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient using the automated MicroScan Walk Away 96 system, followed by bacterial identification by amplification-sequencing of the 16S rDNA. The sequences obtained were compared with the reference sequence of the BLAST ® platform - National Library of Medicine, USA, and the isolation was identified as Myroides phaeus strain with 99.67 % identity in Blast report. In the literature we did not find previous reported cases of infections by this bacterium, however its pathogenic role is still controversial; therefore, this isolation alerts us to carry out an exhaustive surveillance of other possible acquisition routes. Keywords: Myroides, Bacteremia
