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Published on: August 5, 2016
Ribosomal RNA sequence analysis of Brucella infection misidentified as Ochrobactrum anthropi infection
Rebecca T Horvat1, Wissam El Atrouni, Kassem Hammoud
1University of Kansas, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA. rhorvat@kumc.edu
Abstract:
A Brucella isolate was identified from purulent material collected during a hip surgery. Two previous blood cultures from the same patient yielded Ochrobactrum anthropi. After rRNA sequencing, all the isolates were identified as Brucella species and subsequently serotyped as Brucella suis. Misidentification of Brucella species remains a problem with bacterial identification systems.
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