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Case report

A Case of Bacteremia Caused by Arthrobacter woluwensis

Gee-Young Kim1, Jin-Tae Suh1, Seok-Keun Choi2, Hee-Joo Lee1

Departments of 1Laboratory Medicine and 2Neurosurgery, Kyunghee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding to Hee-Joo Lee, E-mail: leehejo@khmc.or.kr

Ann Clin Microbiol 2007;10(2):160-163.
Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.

Abstract

Arthrobacter spp. are coryneform bacteria known as a soil flora and also part of normal flora of human. Since coryneform bacteria are often reported to be a cause of life-threatening diseases, and especially the human infections of Arthrobacter spp. are reported recently, it is important to identify them to the genus and species levels by additional studies including molecular tests. We report a case of bacteremia caused by Arthrobacter woluwensis, which was misidentified initially as Leifsonia aquatica by commercial kits and conventional tests, but correctly identified by 16S rRNA sequencing. (Korean J Clin Microbiol 2007;10:160-163)

Keywords

Arthrobacter woluwensis, Bacteremia, 16SrRNA sequencing