KMID : 1144320100420040241
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°¨¿°°ú ÈÇпä¹ý 2010 Volume.42 No. 4 p.241 ~ p.243
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A Case of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum Bacteremia and Osteomyelitis Diagnosed by 16s rRNA Sequencing
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Bae Soo-Young
Chio Su-Mi Kang Seung-Ji Jang Hee-Chang Park Kyung-Hwa Jung Sook-In Shin Jong-Hee
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Abstract
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Arcanobacterium haemolyticum is a catalase-negative, aerobic gram-positive rod. It causes pharyngitis, skin and soft tissue infection, osteomyelitis, endocarditis, meningitis, pneumonia, and septicemia. We experienced a case of A. haemolyticum bacteremia and osteomyelitis in a diabetic patient. The organism was misidentified as Cellulomonas species by automated system but correctly identified as A. haemolyticum by 16s rRNA sequencing.
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KEYWORD
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Arcanobacterium, Bacteremia, Sequence analysis, RNA
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