Bacteremia caused by a strain of Desulfovibrio related to the provisionally named Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis

• Published in: Journal of clinical microbiology Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 931 - 934
• Main Authors: LOUBINOUX, J, MORY, F, PEREIRA, I. A. C, LE FAOU, A. E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01-02-2000
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial sepsis; Biological and medical sciences; Case Reports; Child, Preschool; Desulfovibrio - classification; Desulfovibrio - genetics; Desulfovibrio - isolation & purification; Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal - genetics; Female; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Molecular Sequence Data; Peritonitis - microbiology; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Human; Nervous system diseases; Nucleotide sequence; Abscess; Ribosomal DNA; Identification; Species specificity; Bacteremia; Cerebral disorder; Infection; Case study; Abdominal disease; Desulfovibrio; Central nervous system disease; Bacteriosis; 16S-RNA; Bacteria; Diagnosis; Peritonitis
• ISSN: 0095-1137; 1098-660X
• DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.931-934.2000

Eight isolates of Desulfovibrio spp. have been obtained over 5 years from abdominal or brain abscesses or blood. Seven isolates were part of a mixed flora [corrected]. One strain was isolated in pure culture from the blood of a patient with peritonitis of appendicular origin. According to the 16S rRNA gene sequences, this strain was close to Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis. The present report describes the fourth isolate of this recently described species to be isolated in pure culture or as a predominant part of the flora and to be associated with infectious processes. Thus, D. fairfieldensis may possess a higher pathogenic potential than other Desulfovibrio species.