Etiological misidentification by routine biochemical tests of bacteremia caused by Gordonia terrae infection in the course of an episode of acute cholecystitis

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jul;44(7):2645-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00444-06.

Abstract

Gordonia terrae has been reported to be a rare cause of bacteremia. We report the first case of bacteremia associated with acute cholecystitis. Commercial biochemical testing was not able to identify the strain at the genus level, classifying it instead as Rhodococcus sp. Definitive identification was obtained by sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycetales Infections / diagnosis*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Cholecystitis, Acute / complications*
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Gordonia Bacterium / classification*
  • Gordonia Bacterium / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Rhodococcus / classification*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S