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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, p. 3156-3158, Vol. 46, No. 9
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00716-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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New Erwinia-Like Organism Causing Cervical Lymphadenitis{triangledown}

Sang Yop Shin,1 Mi Young Lee,2 Jae-Hoon Song,2,3 and Kwan Soo Ko2,4,5*

Division of Infectious Diseases, Cheju National University Hospital, Cheju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea,1 Asian-Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases (ARFID), Seoul, Korea,2 Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea,3 Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea,4 Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul, Korea5

Received 15 April 2008/ Returned for modification 19 May 2008/ Accepted 1 July 2008

The first case of cervical lymphadenitis due to infection by a new Erwinia-like organism is reported. The organism was identified initially as Pantoea sp. by a Vitek 2-based assessment but was finally identified as a member of the genus Erwinia by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The isolate displayed 98.9% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to that of E. tasmaniensis and showed phenotypic characteristics that were different from other Erwinia species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 300 Chunchun-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon 440-746, Korea. Phone: 82-31-299-6223. Fax: 82-31-299-6229. E-mail: ksko{at}med.skku.ac.kr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 9 July 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, p. 3156-3158, Vol. 46, No. 9
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00716-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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