Brucella suis bacteremia misidentified as Ochrobactrum anthropi by the VITEK 2 system

Ochrobactrum and Brucella are genetically related genera of the family Brucellaceae, sharing 98.8% rRNA similarity. Because of their phenotypic similarity, Ochrobactrum can be miscoded as Brucella by automated identification systems. The misidentification on blood cultures (BCs) of B. suis as O. ant...

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Main Authors: Andrea Vila, Hugo Pagella, Gonzalo Vera Bello, Alicia Vicente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/7532
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