First report of Gordonibacter pamelaeae bacteremia.

ABSTRACT: We report the first case of Gordonibacter pamelaeae bacteremia, identified by phenotypic tests and 16S rRNA sequencing in a patient with disseminated rectosigmoid carcinoma and responsive to amoxicillin-clavulanate. The bacterium was a nonsporulating, anaerobic, gram-positive, nonmotile, coccobacillus that was catalase, arginine dihydrolase, and arginine acrylamidase positive. The gastrointestinal tract is probably its reservoir.

SUBMITTER: Woo PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2812261 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature