TY - JOUR
T1 - Cellulosimicrobium funkei
T2 - First report of infection in a nonimmunocompromised patient and useful phenotypic tests for differentiation from Cellulosimicrobium cellulans and Cellulosimicrobium terreum
AU - Petkar, Hawabibee
AU - Li, Anthony
AU - Bunce, Nicholas
AU - Duffy, Kim
AU - Malnick, Henry
AU - Shah, Jayesh J.
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Cellulosimicrobium funkei is a rare, opportunistic pathogen. We describe a case of bacteremia and possibly prosthetic valve endocarditis by this organism in a nonimmunocompromised patient. Useful phenotypic tests for differentiating C. funkei from Cellulosimicrobium cellulans and Cellulosimicrobium terreum include motility, raffinose fermentation, glycogen, D-xylose, and methyl-α-D-glucopyranoside assimilation, and growth at 35°C.
AB - Cellulosimicrobium funkei is a rare, opportunistic pathogen. We describe a case of bacteremia and possibly prosthetic valve endocarditis by this organism in a nonimmunocompromised patient. Useful phenotypic tests for differentiating C. funkei from Cellulosimicrobium cellulans and Cellulosimicrobium terreum include motility, raffinose fermentation, glycogen, D-xylose, and methyl-α-D-glucopyranoside assimilation, and growth at 35°C.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.01103-10
DO - 10.1128/JCM.01103-10
M3 - Article
C2 - 21227990
AN - SCOPUS:79952329211
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 49
SP - 1175
EP - 1178
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 3
ER -