Bilophila wadsworthia bacteremia in two patients with hepatic abscesses.
Bilophila wadsworthia, a recently described anaerobic gram-negative bacillus, was isolated from blood cultures of two patients with liver abscesses. These isolates exhibited the expected phenotypic characteristics, and identification was confirmed by cell wall fatty acid analysis by gas-liquid chromatography. This is the first documentation of bacteremia due to B. wadsworthia.
Kasten
M J
MJ
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
Rosenblatt
J E
JE
Gustafson
D R
DR
D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006089:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D005227:Fatty Acids