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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1999, p. 769-771, Vol. 37, No. 3
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Isolation of Abiotrophia adiacens from a Brain Abscess Which Developed in a Patient after Neurosurgery

C. Biermann,1,* G. Fries,2 P. Jehnichen,1 S. Bhakdi,1 and M. Husmann1

Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene,1 and Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik,2 Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, 55101 Mainz, Germany

Received 30 September 1998/Returned for modification 5 November 1998/Accepted 16 November 1998

We report the case of a patient who developed a large brain abscess after neurosurgery. Cerebrospinal fluid from the abscess drainage yielded Abiotrophia adiacens-specific PCR products and microorganisms that were identified by conventional microbiological methods and by 16S ribosomal DNA analysis as Abiotrophia adiacens, which was formerly classified as a member of nutritionally variant streptococci.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Med. Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Hochhaus am Augustusplatz, 55101 Mainz, Germany. Phone: 06131-172865. Fax: 06131-392359. E-mail: Biermann{at}goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1999, p. 769-771, Vol. 37, No. 3
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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