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Bilophila wadsworthia isolated from clinical specimens in Taiwan
1Department of Clinical Laboratory, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Abstract:
Bilophila wadsworthia, a newly discovered anaerobic gram-negative species, has been found in such various clinical specimens as bile, pus, blood et cetera, in addition to appendicitis specimens. The formation of black center colonies in bacteroides bile esculin (BBE) agar is one of the important characteristics of the species.