title: [Anaerobiospirillum thomasii bacteremia with fatal outcome].
abstract: Anaerobiospirillum thomasii has been reported as a causative agent of diarrhea in humans; however no bacteremia associated with this pathogen has been described so far. We present here the first case of fatal A. thomasii bacteremia in an alcoholic patient.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Molecular, IACA Laboratorios, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: bmolecular@iaca.com.ar.
authors.forename: Edgardo R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Streitenberger
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología, IACA Laboratorios, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Claudio M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chavez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología, Hospital Interzonal Dr. José Penna, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Mabel S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Molecular, IACA Laboratorios, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Ariel I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Suarez
mesh_terms: D044064:Anaerobiospirillum; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: 16S ribosomal RNA; ARN ribosomal 16S; Anaerobiospirillum thomasii; Anaerobiospirillum thomassi; Bacteremia; Bacteriemia