title: Sternal Osteomyelitis Caused by Gordonia bronchialis after Open-Heart Surgery.
abstract: We report the case of a deep sternal wound infection with sternal osteomyelitis caused by Gordonia bronchialis after open-heart surgery. The isolate was identified as a G. bronchialis by 16S rRNA and hsp65 gene sequencing, having initially been misidentified as a Rhodococcus by a commercial phenotypic identification system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Misuk
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyo-Lim
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yang-Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Cheol-Hyun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Heungsup
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Na
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: 16S rRNA gene; Gordonia bronchialis; Osteomyelitis; Wound infection; hsp65