Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2022 Jun 16:29:e01532.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01532. eCollection 2022.

Cutaneous Brucellosis unmasked as Aureimonas altamirensis in a wound culture

Geesje Roo-Brand  1 , Theo A Schuurs  2 , Jan H van Zeijl  2
Affiliations
Case Reports

Cutaneous Brucellosis unmasked as Aureimonas altamirensis in a wound culture

Geesje Roo-Brand et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

Aureimonas altamirensis was isolated from a wound culture and initially misidentified as Brucella melitensis by the VITEK® 2 system. The VITEK-MS did not provide identification whereas the Bruker MALDI-ToF MS system and 16-S sequencing revealed a clear identification, which highlights the importance of inclusion of species in databases for accurate and fast identification of bacteria.

Keywords: Aureimonas altamirensis; Brucella melitensis; Bruker MALDI-ToF MS; VITEK-MS; VITEK® 2.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

None.

Similar articles

See all similar articles

References

    1. Jurado V., Gonzalez J.M., Laiz L., Saiz-Jimenez C. Aurantimonas altamirensis sp. nov., a member of the order Rhizobiales isolated from Altamira Cave. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2006;56(Pt 11):2583–2585. - PubMed
    1. Bankowski M., Blanton J., Fiorella P., Motes J., Pickens N., Racicot J., et al. Aureimonas altamirensis masquerading as Brucella spp. in a blood culture from a 68-year-old male with cancer. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020;96(3) - PubMed
    1. Traxler R.M., Lehman M.W., Bosserman E.A., Guerra M.A., Smith T.L. A literature review of laboratory-acquired brucellosis. J Clin Microbiol. 2013;51(9):3055–3062. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Eshaghi A., Shahinas D., Patel S.N., Kus J.V. First draft genome sequence of Aureimonas altamirensis, isolated from patient blood culture. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2015;362(6) doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnv016. Epub 2015 Feb 24. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Mendes R.E., Denys G.A., Fritsche T.R., Jones R.N. Case report of Aurantimonas altamirensis bloodstream infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2009;47(2):514–515. - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources