Sternal Osteomyelitis Caused by Gordonia bronchialis after Open-Heart Surgery.

Author: Jeong Hyun CHANG ¹ ; Misuk JI ; Hyo Lim HONG ; Sang Ho CHOI ; Yang Soo KIM ; Cheol Hyun CHUNG ; Heungsup SUNG ; Mi Na KIM
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1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sung@amc.seoul.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Gordonia bronchialis; Wound infection; Osteomyelitis; 16S rRNA gene; hsp65
MeSH: Osteomyelitis*; Rhodococcus; Wound Infection
From:Infection and Chemotherapy 2014;46(2):110-114
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: We report the case of a deep sternal wound infection with sternal osteomyelitis caused by Gordonia bronchialis after open-heart surgery. The isolate was identified as a G. bronchialis by 16S rRNA and hsp65 gene sequencing, having initially been misidentified as a Rhodococcus by a commercial phenotypic identification system.