Identification by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of Lactobacillus salivarius bacteremic cholecystitis.
An anaerobic, nonsporulating, gram-positive bacterium was isolated from blood and bile pus cultures of a 70-year-old man with bacteremic acute cholecystitis. The API 20A system showed that it was 70% Actinomyces naeslundii and 30% Bifidobacterium species, whereas the Vitek ANI system and the ATB ID32A Expression system showed that it was "unidentified." The 16S rRNA gene of the strain was amplified and sequenced. There were 3 base differences between the nucleotide sequence of the isolate and that of Lactobacillus salivarius subsp. salivarius or L. salivarius subsp. salicinius, indicating that the isolate was a strain of L. salivarius. The patient responded to cholecystectomy and a 2-week course of antibiotic treatment. Identification of the organism in the present study was important because the duration of antibiotic therapy would have been entirely different depending on the organism. If the bacterium had been identified as Actinomyces, penicillin for 6 months would have been the regimen of choice. However, it was Lactobacillus, and a 2-week course of antibiotic was sufficient.
Woo
Patrick C Y
PC
Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Fung
Ami M Y
AM
Lau
Susanna K P
SK
Yuen
Kwok-Yung
KY
D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000382:microbiology; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D003470:Culture Media; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S