First Isolation of Exiguobacterium aurantiacum in Serbia

GUSMAN, VERA P.; MEDIĆ, DEANA D.; TRUDIĆ, ANIKA DJ; BANOVIĆ, PAVLE Z.; NIKOLIĆ, NATAŠA M.

doi:10.33073/pjm-2021-037

Abstract

Exiguobacterium aurantiacum is isolated from a variety of environmental samples but rarely from patients. The aim of the study was to represent isolation of unusual bacterial strains that could cause infection in patients. Final identification was performed using matrix-assisted description/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF). Two isolates strains of E. aurantiacum were isolated, one isolate from distilled water used during surgical treatment and the second one from a patient with bacteremia after radical prostatectomy, both sensitive to all tested antimicrobials. Environmental strains could cause infection, especially in immunocompromised patients; therefore, rare bacteria testing is required, in which identification special assistance is provided by an automated system MALDI-TOF.

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First Isolation of Exiguobacterium aurantiacum in Serbia

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