Two Cases of Bacteremia Due to Roseomonas mucosa.
10.3343/alm.2016.36.4.367
- Author:
Yu Kyung KIM
1
;
Jung Suk MOON
;
Kyung Eun SONG
;
Won Kil LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yeungnam University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Pink-pigmented nonfermenters;
Roseomonas mucosa;
16S rRNA sequencing
- From:Annals of Laboratory Medicine
2016;36(4):367-370
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Roseomonas is a genus of pink-pigmented nonfermentative bacilli. These slow-growing, gram-negative cocobacilli form pink-colored colonies on sheep blood agar. They differ from other pink-pigmented nonfermenters, including Methylobacterium, in morphology, biochemical characteristics, and DNA sequence. Roseomonas strains are rarely isolated in clinical laboratories; therefore, we report two cases in order to improve our ability to identify these pathogens. We isolated two strains of Roseomonas mucosa from the venous blood cultures of two patients, an 84-yr-old woman with common bile duct obstruction and a 17-yr-old male with acute myeloid leukemia who had an indwelling central-venous catheter for chemotherapy. The isolated strains were confirmed as R. mucosa by 16S rRNA sequencing.
