Surgical wound infection associated with Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus-like organism.
A case of surgical wound infection caused by Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus-like organism is described. The strain showed phenotypic characteristics typical of P. phenylpyruvicus, but 16S rRNA sequencing showed 98.2% relatedness to Moraxella phenylpyruvica strain 752/52 and only 94.8% with P. phenylpyruvicus type strain ATCC 23333(T). The results of molecular analysis suggest that the strain we isolated may represent a new species within the genus Psychrobacter.
Stepanović
Srdjan
S
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. stepan@afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.yu
Vuković
Dragana
D
Bedora-Faure
Marie
M
K'ouas
Guylène
G
Djukić
Slobodanka
S
Svabić-Vlahović
Milena
M
Carlier
Jean-Philippe
JP
D000368:Aged; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D045828:Moraxellaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D044096:Psychrobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S