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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1475-1476, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1475-1476.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Endophthalmitis Caused by Enterococcus mundtii

Tomomi Higashide,1* Mami Takahashi,1 Akira Kobayashi,1 Shinji Ohkubo,1 Mayumi Sakurai,1 Yutaka Shirao,1 Toshihiro Tamura,2 and Kazuhisa Sugiyama1

Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa,1 Tamura Eye Clinic, Ishikawa, Japan2

Received 20 September 2004/ Returned for modification 25 October 2004/ Accepted 5 November 2004

Enterococcus mundtii has rarely been isolated from environmental or human sources. We report the identification of E. mundtii as a pathogen of human infectious disease by DNA sequencing of 16S rRNA and sodA genes in a case of endophthalmitis developed in a 66-year-old immunocompetent gardener.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9208641, Japan. Phone: 81-76-265-2403. Fax: 81-76-222-9660. E-mail: eyetomo{at}kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1475-1476, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1475-1476.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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