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Case report

First Report of Yokenella regensburgei Isolated from the Wound Exudate after Disarticulation Due to Diabetic Foot Infection in Korea

Sae-Mi Lee, Young-Jin Kang, Hee Jae Huh, Chang-Seok Ki, Nam Yong Lee

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding to Hee Jae Huh, E-mail: heejae.huh@samsung.com

Ann Clin Microbiol 2015;18(4):135-139. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2015.18.4.135
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Abstract

Yokenella regensburgei, a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae, is rarely isolated in humans. Here, we report a 71-year-old man with diabetic foot infection from which Y. regensburgei was isolated. Following debridement and disarticulation of the foot, an exudate specimen was obtained, from which Gram- negative bacilli were recovered. The organism was identified as Y. regensburgei using the Vitek 2 system (bioMérieux, USA) and 16S rRNA and gyrB gene sequencing. To our knowledge, this is the first case of Y. regensburgei isolation in Korea. (Ann Clin Microbiol 2015;18:135-139)

Keywords

Diabetic foot, DNA sequencing, Yokenella regensburgei