Streptococcus sinensis: an emerging agent of infective endocarditis.
The identification by conventional methods of viridans streptococcal species, which are rarely encountered clinically, requires confirmation by genomic methods. We characterized a strain of Streptococcus sinensis responsible for infective endocarditis by sequencing both the 16S rRNA and the manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase genes.
Faibis
Frédéric
F
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, 77104 Meaux, France.
Mihaila
Liliana
L
Service de Microbiologie, Laboratoire Associé au Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Université Paris Descartes, Hôtel Dieu, AP-HP, 75181 Paris 04, France.
Perna
Sergio
S
Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, 77104 Meaux, France.
Lefort
Jean-François
JF
Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, 77104 Meaux, France.
Demachy
Marie-Claude
MC
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, 77104 Meaux, France.
Le Flèche-Matéos
Anne
A
Centre d'Identification Moléculaire des Bactéries, Unité de Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, U 389 INSERM, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France.
Bouvet
Anne
A
Service de Microbiologie, Laboratoire Associé au Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Université Paris Descartes, Hôtel Dieu, AP-HP, 75181 Paris 04, France.
D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics; D034363:Viridans Streptococci / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase