Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens intravascular catheter infection identified using 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Cultures of blood from a hemodialysis line repeatedly yielded a gram-positive rod. The organism was identified as Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing, and the patient was treated successfully by removal of the line.
Medical subject headings
- Actinomycetales
- Catheters, Indwelling
- Prosthesis-Related Infections
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S