Bacteremia caused by Janibacter melonis.
We report a case of bacteremia caused by Janibacter melonis, a recently described aerobic actinomycete originally isolated from a spoiled oriental melon. Our patient's blood culture isolate was identified by partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This is the first report of the recovery of Janibacter species from humans.
Elsayed
Sameer
S
Department of Pathology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. sameer.elsayed@cls.ab.ca
Zhang
Kunyan
K
D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S