Paenibacillus assamensis in Joint Fluid of Man with Suspected Tularemia, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Aug;24(8):1589-1591. doi: 10.3201/eid2408.180260.

Abstract

Paenibacillus assamensis is a bacterium usually found in warm springs. We detected P. assamensis in a man with suspected tularemia. The strain isolated from the man's knee joint fluid was identified as P. assamensis after analysis of a homologous sequence of the 16S rRNA gene.

Keywords: China; Francisella tularensis; Paenibacillus; bacteria; knee joint; patients; tularemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology
  • Hot Springs / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Knee Joint / microbiology*
  • Knee Joint / pathology
  • Male
  • Paenibacillus / classification
  • Paenibacillus / drug effects
  • Paenibacillus / genetics*
  • Paenibacillus / isolation & purification
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics*
  • Synovial Fluid / microbiology
  • Tularemia / diagnosis*
  • Tularemia / microbiology
  • Tularemia / pathology
  • Water Microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S