Endophthalmitis caused by Enterococcus mundtii.
Enterococcus mundtii has rarely been isolated from environmental or human sources. We report the identification of E. mundtii as a pathogen of human infectious disease by DNA sequencing of 16S rRNA and sodA genes in a case of endophthalmitis developed in a 66-year-old immunocompetent gardener.
Higashide
Tomomi
T
Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9208641, Japan. eyetomo@kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
Takahashi
Mami
M
Kobayashi
Akira
A
Ohkubo
Shinji
S
Sakurai
Mayumi
M
Shirao
Yutaka
Y
Tamura
Toshihiro
T
Sugiyama
Kazuhisa
K
D000368:Aged; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000209:etiology*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C095500:SodA protein, Bacteria; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase