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Molecular identification of Exiguobacterium acetylicum as the aetiological agent of bacteraemia.

Keynan Y, Weber G, Sprecher H

Infectious Diseases Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. keynany@yahoo.com

A case of catheter-related bacteraemia caused by Exiguobacterium acetylicum is reported in an elderly patient. The availability of sequence-based methods facilitated rapid identification and expanded the spectrum of diseases attributed to coryneform bacteria and specifically to the genus Exiguobacterium.

Published 21 March 2007 in J Med Microbiol, 56: 563-4.
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