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Carmelita Santangelo

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Interstitial pulmonary inflammation due to Microbacterium sp. after heart transplantation.

2006

A coryneform bacterium was isolated from the bronchoalveolar aspirate of a patient with interstitial pulmonary inflammation. Commercial systems identified the isolate as Corynebacterium sp. or Aureobacterium sp./Corynebacterium aquaticum, but 16S rRNA gene analysis unequivocally attributed it to the genus Microbacterium. This represents the first documented case of Microbacterium pulmonary infection.

Microbiology (medical)AdultDNA BacterialMalePathologymedicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia Clinicamedicine.medical_treatmentMicrobacteriumMolecular Sequence DataInflammationMicrobiologyMicrobiologyRNA Ribosomal 16SActinomycetalesmedicineHumansPhylogenyHeart transplantationbiologyPulmonary inflammationGeneral MedicineMicrobacterium pulmonary inflammation heart transplantationPneumoniabiology.organism_classification16S ribosomal RNATransplantationCirculatory systemHeart Transplantationmedicine.symptomActinomycetales InfectionsBacteriaJournal of medical microbiology
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Molecular typing of Agrobacterium species isolates from catheter-related bloodstream infections.

2004

AbstractAgrobacteriumisolates from intravenous catheters of three hospitalized patients were initially identified asA. tumefaciens,but inability to produce 3-ketolactose revealed that two of them wereA. vitis.However, rDNA analysis correlated all of the isolates toA. tumefaciens.Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis ascertained the nosocomial transmission of the infection.

Microbiology (medical)DNA BacterialMaleRhizobiaceaeEpidemiologyAgrobacteriumBacteremiaDNA RibosomalMicrobiologyCatheterizationMolecular typingHumansTypingGel electrophoresisCross InfectionbiologyMiddle Agedbiology.organism_classificationVirologyElectrophoresis Gel Pulsed-FieldCatheterInfectious DiseasesAgrobacterium speciesEquipment ContaminationBacteriaRhizobiumInfection control and hospital epidemiology
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