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Case Reports
. 1999 Jan;37(1):241-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.1.241-244.1999.

Ochrobactrum intermedium infection after liver transplantation

L V Möller  1 , J P Arends, H J Harmsen, A Talens, P Terpstra, M J Slooff
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Ochrobactrum intermedium infection after liver transplantation

L V Möller et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Jan.

Abstract

A case of bacteremia due to Ochrobactrum intermedium, with concomitant liver abscesses, in an orthotopic liver transplant recipient is presented. Identical microorganisms were isolated from fecal specimens and from an aspirate of a liver abscess that was indicative of invasion of the graft by gastrointestinal spread. 16S DNA sequence analysis of the blood isolate revealed the recovery of the recently proposed new species O. intermedium, closely related to Ochrobactrum anthropi and Brucella spp.

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FIG. 1
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of XbaI restriction digests of chromosomal DNA of Ochrobactrum isolates (letters A to F) from blood, fecal specimens, and liver. Lane G designates the major restriction pattern of O. anthropi ATCC 49188 (7); lanes m, molecular size markers.
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FIG. 2
Phylogenetic tree showing the relationship between the blood isolate O. intermedium designated strain 609360 I with O. intermedium strains, O. anthropi, Brucella spp., and other members of the beta-proteobacteria. Bar, 1% estimated sequence divergence.
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