Enterococcus cecorum septicemia in a malnourished adult patient.
Enterococcus cecorum, a species typically isolated from chicken, pigs, calves, horses, ducks, cats, dogs, and canaries, was isolated from the blood of a patient with severe septicemia. The isolate was identified by conventional biochemical tests. Identity as Enterococcus cecorum was confirmed by SDS-PAGE analysis of whole cell protein. This is the first report of the isolation of Enterococcus cecorum in a clinical setting.
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Clinical Bacteriology Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Dominguez
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Bille
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D000328:Adult; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000097:blood; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D013845:Thienamycins; D015378:Imipenem