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Isolation of Abiotrophia adiacens from a brain abscess which developed in a patient after neurosurgery.

Christine BiermannP. JehnichenG. FriesSucharit BhakdiMatthias Husmann

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Microbiology (medical)Pathologymedicine.medical_specialtyPcr cloningNutritionally Variant StreptococciBrain AbscessAbiotrophia adiacensAstrocytomaDNA RibosomalPolymerase Chain ReactionNeurosurgical ProceduresPostoperative ComplicationsRNA Ribosomal 16SStreptococcal InfectionsmedicineHumansAbscessBrain abscessbiologybusiness.industryBrain NeoplasmsStreptococcusBacteriologyAbiotrophiaMiddle Agedbiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseIsolation (microbiology)FemaleNeurosurgerybusiness

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ABSTRACT We report the case of a patient who developed a large brain abscess after neurosurgery. Cerebrospinal fluid from the abscess drainage yielded Abiotrophia adiacens -specific PCR products and microorganisms that were identified by conventional microbiological methods and by 16S ribosomal DNA analysis as Abiotrophia adiacens , which was formerly classified as a member of nutritionally variant streptococci.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1999-03-01Journal of clinical microbiology
10.1128/jcm.37.3.769-771.1999https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9986849