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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2008, p. 1888-1889, Vol. 46, No. 5
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02141-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection Caused by Actinomyces neuii subsp. neuii{triangledown}

Richard R. Watkins,1,2 Kathy Anthony,3 Suzanne Schroder,3 and Gerri S. Hall3*

Division of Infectious Diseases, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio,1 Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine,2 Section of Clinical Microbiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio3

Received 6 November 2007/ Returned for modification 28 January 2008/ Accepted 14 March 2008

Actinomyces neuii subsp. neuii is a rare isolate in clinical specimens. The organism was previously designated CDC coryneform group 1 and was renamed in 1994. A case of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by this organism is described.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Section of Clinical Microbiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, L-40/Microbiology, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44195. Phone: (216) 444-5990. Fax: (216) 445-6984. E-mail: hallg{at}ccf.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 26 March 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2008, p. 1888-1889, Vol. 46, No. 5
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02141-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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