title: Case report: Staphylococcus gallinarum bacteremia in a patient with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratories, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China. yudaojun98@163.com
authors.forename: Daojun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yueming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yunfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Haijing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Melinda A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McCormac
authors.forename: Yi-Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S