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Bacteremia caused by an undescribed species of Janibacter.

Loubinoux J, Rio B, Mihaila L, Foïs E, Le Fleche A, Grimont PA, Marie JP, Bouvet A

Service de Microbiologie, Hôtel-Dieu, 1 place du Parvis Notre-Dame, 75181 Paris Cedex 04, France. julien.loubinoux@htd.ap-hop-paris.fr

A yellow-pigmented rod- to coccoid-shaped coryneform microorganism was isolated from the blood of a patient with acute myeloid leukemia. It was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing as a previously undescribed species of Janibacter. The isolate was susceptible to penicillins, aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones, and glycopeptides.

Published 7 July 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3564-6.
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