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Case Reports
. 2006 Feb;44(2):652-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.652-654.2006.

Urosepsis with Actinobaculum schaalii and Aerococcus urinae

P D J Sturm  1 , J Van Eijk, S Veltman, E Meuleman, T Schülin
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Case Reports

Urosepsis with Actinobaculum schaalii and Aerococcus urinae

P D J Sturm et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

Actinobaculum was isolated from urine only after prolonged incubation in 5% CO(2) after discrepancy between urine Gram stain and initial culture results was observed. Additional patients were diagnosed using this method. The prevalence of Actinobaculum species in urinary tract infections is underestimated since it is not isolated by routine urine culture procedures.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
A Gram stain of uncentrifuged urine shows gram-positive rods and gram-positive cocci in clusters in the presence of manyleukocytes (magnification, ×1,000).
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