Sternal Osteomyelitis Caused by Gordonia bronchialis after Open-Heart Surgery.

ABSTRACT: We report the case of a deep sternal wound infection with sternal osteomyelitis caused by Gordonia bronchialis after open-heart surgery. The isolate was identified as a G. bronchialis by 16S rRNA and hsp65 gene sequencing, having initially been misidentified as a Rhodococcus by a commercial phenotypic identification system.

SUBMITTER: Chang JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4091373 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature