First case of osteomyelitis due to Shewanella algae.
Shewanella spp. are infrequently recovered from clinical specimens. We report here on the first case of osteomyelitis due to Shewanella algae. This bacterium, at first misidentified by phenotypic tests as Shewanella putrefaciens, was subsequently identified correctly as S. algae by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.
Botelho-Nevers
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Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
Gouriet
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Rovery
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Paris
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Roux
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Raoult
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Brouqui
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D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020592:Shewanella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S