Title
First report of Myroides phaeus bacteraemia identified by Polymerase chain reaction and genetic sequencing
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Morales-Moreno A.
Soto-Febres F.
Jove-Químper H.
Morales-Castillo L.
Del Valle-Mendoza J.
Aguilar-Luis M.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
We report the first case of Myroides phaeus isolated from blood, causing bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient using the automated MicroScan Walk Away 96 system, followed by bacterial identification by amplification-sequencing of the 16S rDNA. The sequences obtained were compared with the reference sequence of the BLAST ® platform - National Library of Medicine, USA, and the isolation was identified as Myroides phaeus strain with 99.67 % identity in Blast report. In the literature we did not find previous reported cases of infections by this bacterium, however its pathogenic role is still controversial; therefore, this isolation alerts us to carry out an exhaustive surveillance of other possible acquisition routes.
Volume
19
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Patología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85078279511
Source
IDCases
ISSN of the container
22142509
Sponsor(s)
This case report has not required approval by the ethics committee of the hospital where it was performed. This is because the case was described as part of the hospital epidemiological surveillance program for multiresistant microorganisms. The patient signed an informed consent for this work. This research was funded with the support of the Technological University of Peru .
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