Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens intravascular catheter infection identified using 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing.
Cultures of blood from a hemodialysis line repeatedly yielded a gram-positive rod. The organism was identified as Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing, and the patient was treated successfully by removal of the line.
Sheridan
Elizabeth A S
EA
Department of Medical Microbiology, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom. drlizsheridan@yahoo.co.uk
Warwick
Simon
S
Chan
Anthony
A
Dall'Antonia
Martino
M
Koliou
Maria
M
Sefton
Armine
A
D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S