Etiological misidentification by routine biochemical tests of bacteremia caused by Gordonia terrae infection in the course of an episode of acute cholecystitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2645-2647

  Gil Sande, E ^a   Brun Otero, M ^a   Campo Cerecedo, F ^a   Esteban, E ^b   Aguilar, L ^b   Garcia De Lomas J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SAN RAFAEL   (Spain)

^b Instituto Valenciano de Microbiologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEVER; GORDONIA; GORDONIA TERRAE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA SEQUENCE;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GORDONIA TERRAE; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33746211137     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00444-06     Document Type: Article

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