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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3391-3393, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00678-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Report of Acute Cholecystitis with Sepsis Caused by Cellulomonas denverensis{triangledown}

Hirofumi Ohtaki,1 Kiyofumi Ohkusu,2* Haruki Sawamura,4 Hirotoshi Ohta,4 Rina Inoue,4 Junpei Iwasa,3 Hiroyasu Ito,1 Nobuo Murakami,3 Takayuki Ezaki,2 Hisataka Moriwaki,3 and Mitsuru Seishima1

Department of Informative Clinical Medicine,1 Department of Microbiology,2 First Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan,3 Division of Clinical Laboratory, Gifu University Hospital, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan4

Received 3 April 2009/ Returned for modification 17 June 2009/ Accepted 29 July 2009

Cellulomonas denverensis is a small and thin gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that was proposed as a new species in 2005. Here we report a female case of acute cholecystitis and sepsis in which C. denverensis was determined to be causative.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. Phone: 81-58-230-6491. Fax: 81-58-230-6489. E-mail: ohkusu{at}gifu-u.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 5 August 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3391-3393, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00678-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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