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Case Reports
. 2006 Jul;44(7):2645-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00444-06.

Etiological misidentification by routine biochemical tests of bacteremia caused by Gordonia terrae infection in the course of an episode of acute cholecystitis

E Gil-Sande  1 , M Brun-Otero, F Campo-Cerecedo, E Esteban, L Aguilar, J García-de-Lomas
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Etiological misidentification by routine biochemical tests of bacteremia caused by Gordonia terrae infection in the course of an episode of acute cholecystitis

E Gil-Sande et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Gordonia terrae has been reported to be a rare cause of bacteremia. We report the first case of bacteremia associated with acute cholecystitis. Commercial biochemical testing was not able to identify the strain at the genus level, classifying it instead as Rhodococcus sp. Definitive identification was obtained by sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene.

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  • Gordonia terrae: a difficult-to-diagnose emerging pathogen?
    Blanc V, Dalle M, Markarian A, Debunne MV, Duplay E, Rodriguez-Nava V, Boiron P. Blanc V, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Mar;45(3):1076-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02394-06. Epub 2006 Dec 27. J Clin Microbiol. 2007. PMID: 17192419 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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