1. First Report of Gordonibacter pamelaeae Bacteremia ▿
- Author
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Cindy W. S. Tse, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Jade L. L. Teng, Patrick C. Y. Woo, Kay K. M. Lam, Susanna K. P. Lau, Anthony Wai-Shing Leung, and Kit-Wah Leung
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Microbiology (medical) ,DNA, Bacterial ,Male ,Arginine ,medicine.drug_class ,Antibiotics ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Bacteremia ,Case Reports ,Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination ,DNA, Ribosomal ,Microbiology ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,medicine ,Humans ,Rectosigmoid Carcinoma ,Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections ,Aged, 80 and over ,Gastrointestinal tract ,biology ,Rectal Neoplasms ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,Amoxicillin ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Bacterial Typing Techniques ,Actinobacteria ,Coccobacillus ,Bacteria ,medicine.drug - Abstract
We report the first case of Gordonibacter pamelaeae bacteremia, identified by phenotypic tests and 16S rRNA sequencing in a patient with disseminated rectosigmoid carcinoma and responsive to amoxicillin-clavulanate. The bacterium was a nonsporulating, anaerobic, Gram-positive, nonmotile, coccobacillus that was catalase, arginine dihydrolase, and arginine acrylamidase positive. The gastrointestinal tract is probably its reservoir.
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- 2009