| Literature DB >> 16476799 |
Giovanni M Giammanco1, Sarina Pignato2, Patrick A D Grimont3, Francine Grimont3, Carmelita Santangelo, Giuseppe Leonardi, Angelo Giuffrida, Vivian Legname, Giuseppe Giammanco2.
Abstract
A coryneform bacterium was isolated from the bronchoalveolar aspirate of a patient with interstitial pulmonary inflammation. Commercial systems identified the isolate as Corynebacterium sp. or Aureobacterium sp./Corynebacterium aquaticum, but 16S rRNA gene analysis unequivocally attributed it to the genus Microbacterium. This represents the first documented case of Microbacterium pulmonary infection.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16476799 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46219-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Microbiol ISSN: 0022-2615 Impact factor: 2.472