Weissella confusa: Problems with identification of an opportunistic pathogen that has been found in fermented foods and proposed as a probiotic

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Fairfax, Marilynn R ^a,b   Lephart, Paul R ^b   Salimnia, Hossein ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequence; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; Weissella confusa bacteremia; Weissella confusa identification; Weissella confusa susceptibiliy testin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; AZTREONAM; DAPTOMYCIN; DNA 16S; ESCULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS; SEPSIS; SKIN GRAFT; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; TRACHEOTOMY; WEISSELLA; WEISSELLA CONFUSA;

EID: 84904860287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00254     Document Type: Article

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