Isolation of Robinsoniella peoriensis from four human specimens.
Robinsoniella peoriensis is a recently described anaerobic, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacillus originally recovered from swine manure. We report four human cases in which R. peoriensis was isolated from clinical samples.
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Eric
E
Gomez
Daniel R
DR
Gustafson
Robin
R
Colgrove
Tam
T
Ly
Rafael
R
Santana
Jon E
JE
Rosenblatt
Robin
R
Patel
D000368:Aged; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged