Isolation of an unidentified pink-pigmented bacterium in a clinical specimen.
An unidentified pink-pigmented bacterium isolated from a clinical specimen is reported. The organism was oxidase, urease, and catalase positive; it grew on Thayer-Martin and MacConkey media. The isolate is possibly similar to an unnamed taxon (G.L. Gilardi and Y.C. Faur, J. Clin. Microbiol. 20:626-629, 1984); however, it had unique characteristics of nonmotility with no flagellum detectable and was a gram-negative coccoid with a few rods in pairs and negative for starch hydrolysis.
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Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
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Joiner
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D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology