Correct Identification of Ochrobactrum anthropi From Blood Culture Using 16rRNA Sequencing: A First Case Report in an Immunocompromised Patient in Mexico.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Aguilera-Arreola MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6062634 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature