Case report: Staphylococcus gallinarum bacteremia in a patient with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
An unusual staphylococcal isolate was recovered from blood cultures in a patient with chronic hepatitis B virus infection, who presented with low grade fever accompanied by increased upper abdominal pain, nausea and weakness. The isolate was identified as Staphylococcus gallinarum based on biochemical characteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses.
Yu
Daojun
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Department of Clinical Laboratories, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China. yudaojun98@163.com
Chen
Yueming
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Pan
Yunfeng
Y
Li
Haijing
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McCormac
Melinda A
MA
Tang
Yi-Wei
YW
D005260:Female; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S