First Case Report of Bacteremia Due to Catabacter hongkongensis in a Korean Patient

• Published in: Annals of laboratory medicine Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 84 - 87
• Main Authors: Choi, Yong Jun, Won, Eun Jeong, Kim, Soo Hyun, Shin, Myung Geun, Shin, Jong Hee, Suh, Soon Pal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine 01-01-2017; 대한진단검사의학회
• Subjects: Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Cefotaxime - analogs & derivatives; Cefotaxime - therapeutic use; Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; Gallstones - surgery; Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria - drug effects; Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria - genetics; Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria - isolation & purification; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - diagnosis; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Humans; Letter to the Editor; Male; Metronidazole - therapeutic use; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - chemistry; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - metabolism; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; 병리학
• ISSN: 2234-3806; 2234-3814
• DOI: 10.3343/alm.2017.37.1.84

Dear Editor, Catabacter hongkongensis, a newly described anaerobic Gram-positive coccobacillus pathogen, was first isolated in 2007; its draft genome sequence was revealed in 2015 [1, 2]. C. hongkongensis infections are rare, mostly occurring in Hong Kong, but clinically relevant, presenting as sepsis resulting from gastrointestinal disease [1, 2]. KCI Citation Count: 2