Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 282-285, July 2010

First report of Actinobaculum schaalii urinary tract infection in North America

  • Oscar E. Larios

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology Fellow, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3E0J9
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5. Tel.: +1-416-586-4800x7383; fax: +1-416-586-8358.
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  • Kathryn A. Bernard

      Affiliations

    • National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg MB, Canada, R3E3R2
    • Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, MB Canada R3E0J9
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  • Kanchana Manickam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, MB Canada R3E0J9
    • Saint Boniface General Hospital Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2H2A6
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  • Betty Ng

      Affiliations

    • National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg MB, Canada, R3E3R2
    • ,
  • Michelle Alfa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, MB Canada R3E0J9
    • Saint Boniface General Hospital Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2H2A6
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  • Allan Ronald

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, MB Canada R3E0J9
    • Section of Infectious Diseases, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2H2A6

Received 9 November 2009; accepted 26 February 2010.

Abstract 

A recurrent urinary tract infection with Actinobaculum schaalii, a fastidious, facultative anaerobic, and emerging pathogen, is described. Diagnosis was delayed when routine urine cultures were initially performed yielding recurrently negative results. Resolution of symptoms occurred after anaerobic cultures were done to allow organism isolation, identification, and appropriate antimicrobial treatment.

Keywords: Actinobaculum schaalii, Fastidious organism, Urinary tract infection, UTI, Facultative anaerobes, Rapid identification system, Phenotypic testing, Communication

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PII: S0732-8893(10)00079-9

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.02.023

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 282-285, July 2010

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