First case of osteomyelitis due to Shewanella algae

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Oct;43(10):5388-90. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5388-5390.2005.

Abstract

Shewanella spp. are infrequently recovered from clinical specimens. We report here on the first case of osteomyelitis due to Shewanella algae. This bacterium, at first misidentified by phenotypic tests as Shewanella putrefaciens, was subsequently identified correctly as S. algae by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
  • Female
  • Genes, rRNA
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology*
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Shewanella / classification*
  • Shewanella / genetics
  • Shewanella / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S