Clostridium celerecrescens, often misidentified as ¡°Clostridium clostridioforme group,¡± is involved in rare human infection cases

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• 作者：Philippe Bouvet ; Guyl¨¨ne K'Ouas ; Alain Le Coustumier ; Michel R. Popoff
• 关键词：Clostridium celerecrescens ; Misidentification ; Rare Clostridium species ; &ldquo ; Clostridium clostridioforme group&rdquo
• 刊名：Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：November, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：74
• 期：3
• 页码：299-302
• 全文大小：173 K

文摘

Misidentification of rare Clostridium species often originated from the environment as clinically relevant species is problematic. A strain isolated from a traumatic leg wound first identified as C. clostridioforme was finally identified as the rare Clostridium celerecrescens. Two similar misidentifications are reported in the literature. In order to help the phenotypic differentiation of C. celerecrescens from the close species of the ¡°C. clostridioforme group¡±, an identification table and differential susceptibilities to 4 selected antibiotics are proposed. Once a clinical isolate is referred to this group, identification should be definitively confirmed by unambiguous methods such as 16s rDNA sequencing.