Article
Rochalimaea elizabethae sp. nov. isolated from a patient with endocarditis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 1993
Daly J S, Worthington M G, Brenner D J, Moss C W, Hollis D G, Weyant R S, Steigerwalt A G, Weaver R E, Daneshvar M I, O'Connor S P
Abstract excerpt
A Rochalimaea-like organism (strain F9251) was isolated from a patient with endocarditis after blood drawn for culture before antimicrobial therapy was subcultured onto blood and chocolate agars and incubated for 2 weeks in 5% CO2. The strain was phenotypically similar to known Rochalimaea specie...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Composition
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial
- Endocarditis, Bacterial
- Fatty Acids
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Rickettsiaceae
- Rickettsiaceae Infections