Isolation of Escherichia fergusonii from four different sites in a patient with pancreatic carcinoma and cholangiosepsis.
Escherichia fergusonii was isolated from a 69-year-old male with pancreatic carcinoma and cholangiosepsis from gallbladder fluid, three blood cultures, feces, and a superficial wound of the abdomen. Biochemical reactions, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, susceptibility to polyvalent phage 0-1, and rRNA gene restriction analysis suggested that the four strains were of clonal origin. Our data indicate that E. fergusonii possesses a pathogenic potential in humans.
Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
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D000368:Aged; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D004925:Escherichia / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*