A Potential New Human Pathogen Belonging to Helicobacter Genus, Identified in a Bloodstream Infection

A Potential New Human Pathogen Belonging to Helicobacter Genus, Identified in a Bloodstream Infection

We isolated from aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles from a febrile patient, a Helicobacter-like Gram negative, rod-shaped bacterium that MALDI-TOF MS failed to identify. Blood agar cultures incubated in a microaerobic atmosphere revealed a motile Gram negative rod, which was oxidase, catala...

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Main Authors: Nathalie L. van der Mee-Marquet, Lucie Bénéjat, Seydina M. Diene, Adrien Lemaignen, Nadia Gaïa, Annemieke Smet, Freddy Haesebrouck, Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Astrid Ducournau, Sabrina Lacomme, Etienne Gontier, Louis Bernard, Francis Mégraud, Alain Goudeau, Philippe Lehours, Patrice François
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Helicobacter sp.
human infection
phylogeny
electron microscopy
genome content
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02533/full

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