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Case Reports
. 2007 Apr;56(Pt 4):563-564.
doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.46866-0.

Molecular identification of Exiguobacterium acetylicum as the aetiological agent of bacteraemia

Yoav Keynan  1 , Gabriel Weber  1 , Hannah Sprecher  2
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Case Reports

Molecular identification of Exiguobacterium acetylicum as the aetiological agent of bacteraemia

Yoav Keynan et al. J Med Microbiol. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

A case of catheter-related bacteraemia caused by Exiguobacterium acetylicum is reported in an elderly patient. The availability of sequence-based methods facilitated rapid identification and expanded the spectrum of diseases attributed to coryneform bacteria and specifically to the genus Exiguobacterium.

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