Correct Identification of Ochrobactrum anthropi From Blood Culture Using 16rRNA Sequencing: A First Case Report in an Immunocompromised Patient in Mexico
- Ma. G. Aguilera-Arreola
- Martha L. Ostria-Hernández
- Enrique Albarrán-Fernández
- Sara R. Juárez-Enriquez
- Cristina Majalca-Martínez
- Beatríz Rico-Verdín
- Enrico A. Ruiz
- María del Socorro Ruiz-Palma
- María del Socorro Ruiz-Palma
- María R. Morales-García
- María R. Morales-García
- Araceli Contreras-Rodríguez
Publication date
July 2018
DOI Publisher
Frontiers Media SA Journal
Frontiers in MedicineAbstract
The present report describes the misidentification of Brucella spp. from a positive blood culture using traditional microbiology tests. A molecular test identified the bacterium as Ochrobactrum anthropi. According to the information available, this report is the first to include this type of case in Mexico
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