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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, p. 2435-2437, Vol. 46, No. 7
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00337-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

First Report of Isolation and Characterization of Aurantimonas altamirensis from Clinical Samples{triangledown}

Me-Linh Luong,1 Sadjia Békal,2 Donald C. Vinh,1 Dominique Lauzon,3 Vicki Leung,4 Ghada N. Al-Rawahi,5 Betty Ng,6 Tamara Burdz,6 and Kathryn Bernard6*

Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,1 Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada,2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Hôpital du Haut Richelieu, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada,3 Department of Pediatrics, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,4 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,5 Special Bacteriology Section, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada6

Received 18 February 2008/ Returned for modification 23 April 2008/ Accepted 15 May 2008

The genus Aurantimonas, proposed in 2003, encompasses four species from environmental sources, including Aurantimonas altamirensis, isolated from a cave wall in Spain. Here, we report what we believe are the first cases of the recovery of A. altamirensis from human clinical materials.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Microbiology Laboratory, PHAC, 1015 Arlington St., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3R2, Canada. Phone: (204) 789-2135. Fax: (204) 784-7509. E-mail: Kathy_Bernard{at}phac-aspc.gc.ca

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 21 May 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, p. 2435-2437, Vol. 46, No. 7
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00337-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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