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SUBMITTER: Oyaert M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3911465 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oyaert Matthijs M Cools Piet P Breyne Joke J Heyvaert Gert G Vandewiele Anne A Vaneechoutte Mario M Vervaeke Steven S De Laere Emmanuel E
Journal of clinical microbiology 20131023 1
Atopobium species are Gram-positive, anaerobic, catalase-negative, fastidious bacteria belonging to the family Coriobacteriaceae. We report the isolation of an Atopobium-like species in a patient with Fournier's gangrene and highlight the role of 16S rRNA gene sequencing in the identification of fastidious organisms in the clinical laboratory. ...[more]