First Case Report of Bacteremia Due to Catabacter hongkongensis in a Korean Patient

Dear Editor, Catabacter hongkongensis, a newly described anaerobic Gram-positive coccobacillus pathogen, was first isolated in 2007; its draft genome sequence was revealed in 2015 [1, 2]. C. hongkongensis infections are rare, mostly occurring in Hong Kong, but clinically relevant, presenting as seps...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of laboratory medicine 2017, 37(1), , pp.84-87
Hauptverfasser:	Choi, Yong Jun, Won, Eun Jeong, Kim, Soo Hyun, Shin, Myung Geun, Shin, Jong Hee, Suh, Soon Pal
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Cefotaxime - analogs & derivatives Cefotaxime - therapeutic use Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde Gallstones - surgery Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria - drug effects Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria - genetics Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria - isolation & purification Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - diagnosis Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology Humans Letter to the Editor Male Metronidazole - therapeutic use Microbial Sensitivity Tests RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - chemistry RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - metabolism Sequence Analysis, DNA Tomography, X-Ray Computed 병리학
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Zusammenfassung:	Dear Editor, Catabacter hongkongensis, a newly described anaerobic Gram-positive coccobacillus pathogen, was first isolated in 2007; its draft genome sequence was revealed in 2015 [1, 2]. C. hongkongensis infections are rare, mostly occurring in Hong Kong, but clinically relevant, presenting as sepsis resulting from gastrointestinal disease [1, 2]. KCI Citation Count: 2
ISSN:	2234-3806 2234-3814
DOI:	10.3343/alm.2017.37.1.84