First Report of Roseomonas aerofrigidensis Isolated from the Peritoneal Fluid of a Gastric Cancer Patient

Eris Jang1   So Min Kim2   Junhyup Song2*   Le Phuong Nguyen2,3   Hyukmin Lee2   

1 Sprayberry High School, Marietta,
2 Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance
3 Brain Korea 21 plus Program for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,

Abstract

Roseomonas aerofrigidensis is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile bacterium, which was first isolated in 2017 in South Korea. We present the first report of the isolation of R. aerofrigidensis from the peritoneal fluid of a 38-year-old woman with a history of metastatic gastric cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis. The isolate was resistant to cotrimoxazole. Further research on clinical and microbiological responses to several antibiotics are warranted.

Keywords

Gastric Cancer Patient   Peritonitis   Roseomonas aerofrigidensis   


Figures & Tables

. Colony morphology, microscopic image and genetic relationship with related taxa of R. aerofrigidensis. (A) Colonies on sheep blood agar. (B) Gram staining of the isolate (1,000×). (C) A neighbor-joining tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. The scale bar equals 0.0050 changes per nucleotide position. Bootstrap values are shown on nodes as percentages of 1,000 replicates.


Figures & Tables

Table 1. The results of the antimicrobial susceptibility test

Antimicrobial agentsMIC (μg/mL)Susceptibility
Cefotaxime1.5S
Levofloxacin0.125S
Cotrimoxazole≥32R