Cutaneous Brucellosis unmasked as Aureimonas altamirensis in a wound culture

Abstract

Aureimonas altamirensis was isolated from a wound culture and initially misidentified as Brucella melitensis by the VITEK® 2 system. The VITEK-MS did not provide identification whereas the Bruker MALDI-ToF MS system and 16-S sequencing revealed a clear identification, which highlights the importance of inclusion of species in databases for accurate and fast identification of bacteria.

Keywords

• VITEK® 2
• VITEK-MS
• Bruker MALDI-ToF MS
• Brucella melitensis
• Aureimonas altamirensis