title: First case of bloodstream infection caused by Rhodococcus erythropolis.
abstract: We describe the first case of bloodstream infection caused by Rhodococcus erythropolis. The identification was performed using 16S rRNA sequencing. This case illustrates that non-equi Rhodococcus infections may be underdiagnosed due to difficulties in identification in the routine clinical microbiology laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Nagoya University Hospital, Showa-ku, Japan. hibab@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Toshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nada
authors.forename: Kiyofumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohkusu
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ezaki
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Paterson
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S