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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2001, p. 2634-2636, Vol. 39, No. 7
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2634-2636.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Molecular Identification of a Dietzia maris Hip Prosthesis Infection Isolate

O. Pidoux,1 J.-N. Argenson,2 V. Jacomo,1 and M. Drancourt1,*

Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Epidémiologie et Hygiène hospitalières, Hôpital Salvator,1 and Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite,2 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France

Received 11 August 2000/Returned for modification 26 November 2000/Accepted 23 April 2001

Dietzia maris, an environmental actinomycete, has been implicated only once in human disease. We herein report the first D. maris isolate from a bone biopsy specimen in a patient hospitalized for a total hip prosthesis replacement. Cell wall fatty acid analysis and 16S ribosomal DNA gene sequencing were utilized to achieve its definite identification. This case report illustrates the usefulness of such methods for the accurate identification of actinomycetes.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Blvd. Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France. Phone: 33 04 91 38 55 17. Fax: 33 04 91 83 03 90. E-mail: Michel.Drancourt{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2001, p. 2634-2636, Vol. 39, No. 7
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2634-2636.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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