title: Sepsis with an Atopobium-like species in a patient with Fournier's gangrene.
abstract: Atopobium species are Gram-positive, anaerobic, catalase-negative, fastidious bacteria belonging to the family Coriobacteriaceae. We report the isolation of an Atopobium-like species in a patient with Fournier's gangrene and highlight the role of 16S rRNA gene sequencing in the identification of fastidious organisms in the clinical laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium.
authors.forename: Matthijs
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oyaert
authors.forename: Piet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cools
authors.forename: Joke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Breyne
authors.forename: Gert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heyvaert
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vandewiele
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaneechoutte
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vervaeke
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Laere
mesh_terms: D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S