title: Beta-hemolytic, multi-lancefield antigen-agglutinating Enterococcus durans from a pregnant woman, mimicking Streptococcus agalactiae.
abstract: A beta-hemolytic Lancefield antigen A-, B-, C-, D-, F-, and G-positive Enterococcus durans strain was cultivated from the rectovaginal swab of a pregnant woman who underwent antenatal screening for Streptococcus agalactiae. The isolate raised concern as to what extent similar strains are misrecognized and lead to false diagnosis of group B streptococci.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy vincenzo_savini@libero.it.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Savini
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.affiliation: Integrated Research Centre, University Campus Biomedico, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gherardi
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marrollo
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
authors.forename: Angela Valentina
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Argentieri
authors.affiliation: Integrated Research Centre, University Campus Biomedico, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pimentel de Araujo
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amoruso
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Battisti
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fazii
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carretto
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012703:Serotyping; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S