Fusobacteria behaving badly: Masquerading strains of strictly anaerobic Escherichiacoli misidentified due to the deletion of the hemB gene.
Anaerobes
Catalase
Escherichia coli
Fusobacteria
hemB
soxS
Journal
Anaerobe
ISSN: 1095-8274
Titre abrégé: Anaerobe
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9505216
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Feb 2023
Historique:
received:
01
10
2022
revised:
01
12
2022
accepted:
05
12
2022
pubmed:
30
12
2022
medline:
25
2
2023
entrez:
29
12
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Three strictly anaerobic strains of Escherichia coli were misidentified as Fusobacterium mortiferum, due to a deletion of the hemB gene which is involved in anaerobic respiration. An unusual antimicrobial susceptibility pattern sparked the further diagnostic strategies that eventually identified these strains as true anaerobic E. coli This phenomenon is more common than appreciated and can have an impact on clinical practice including persistent and relapsing infections.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36580991
pii: S1075-9964(22)00175-5
doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2022.102682
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102682Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest All authors had no conflict of interest. There was no funding for this study.