Article
Identification, characterization, and biofilm formation of clinical Chryseobacterium gleum isolates.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jul 2014
Lo Hsueh-Hsia, Chang Shan-Min
Abstract excerpt
Chryseobacterium gleum is not commonly isolated from clinical source(s). Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, we identified 15 C. gleum isolates from the Central Region Hospital Alliance, Taiwan, which were all misidentified: 14 as Chryseobacterium indologenes and 1 as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica using the Vitek 2 GN card. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, a rapid and...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Biofilms
- Chryseobacterium
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Typing
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
