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Bacteraemia caused by Catabacter hongkongensis.
Anaerobe - 1 Jun 2012
Smith Kevin, Pandey Sushil K, Ussher James E
Abstract excerpt
Catabacter hongkongensis is a recently recognised anaerobic gram positive bacillus. We report the isolation of a C. hongkongensis strain that does not utilise mannose, a novel phenotype, from the blood cultures of a patient with a perforated appendix. The isolate was identified by 16s rRNA gene sequencing. This case highlights the difficulties with phenotypic identification of rare anaerobic isolates. It also...
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