Ann Lab Med.  2017 Jan;37(1):84-87. 10.3343/alm.2017.37.1.84.

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

• Choi YJ
• Won EJ
• Kim SH
• Shin MG
• Shin JH
• Suh SP

• KMID: 2373622
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2017.37.1.84

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use
Cefotaxime/analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Gallstones/surgery
Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria/drug effects/genetics/*isolation & purification
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/*diagnosis/drug therapy/microbiology
Humans
Male
Metronidazole/therapeutic use
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cefotaxime
Metronidazole
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Macroscopic and microscopic appearance of the isolate. (A) They grew on sheep blood agar as non-hemolytic, white, pinpoint colonies after 48-72 hr of anaerobic incubation at 37℃. (B) Microscopic examination of the isolate showed gram-positive coccobacilli (Gram stain, ×1,000).

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