Identification of <i>Brucella (Ochrobactrum) anthropi</i> by MALDI-TOF MS from blood: a case report

Abstract

This case report describes the identification of Ochrobactrum anthropi (O.a.), from a positive blood culture using MALDI-TOF spectrometry system. According to the information availed this is the first case in AORN Sant’Anna and San Sebastiano, Caserta, Campania, Italy. This microbe is moderately pathogenic and hazardous, with the potential to cause hospital-acquired infections. It is recommended that it be included in hospital “germ alerts”.

Keywords

• Alert organisms
• nosocomial infection
• MALDI-TOF
• Brucella spp.
• Ochrobactrum anthropi