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Surgical wound infection associated with Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus-like organism.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Feb 2007
Stepanović Srdjan, Vuković Dragana, Bedora-Faure Marie, K'ouas Guylène, Djukić Slobodanka, Svabić-Vlahović Milena, Carlier Jean-Philippe
Abstract excerpt
A case of surgical wound infection caused by Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus-like organism is described. The strain showed phenotypic characteristics typical of P. phenylpyruvicus, but 16S rRNA sequencing showed 98.2% relatedness to Moraxella phenylpyruvica strain 752/52 and only 94.8% with P. phenylpyruvicus type strain ATCC 23333(T). The results of molecular analysis suggest that the strain we isolated may...
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