title: Novel fastidious, partially acid-fast, anaerobic Gram-positive bacillus associated with abscess formation and recovered from multiple medical centers.
abstract: We report a novel anaerobe causing abscess in four patients at three hospitals. In the clinical specimen, bacilli were branching, Gram positive, and acid fast. The organism grew slowly and was not identified by 16S rRNA sequencing. Our findings support the description of a new genus and species of the suborder Corynebacterineae.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Clinical Pathology.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lagacé-Wiens
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Schuetz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: McQuiston
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lasalvia
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taege
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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