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First report of human infection by Rhodoplanes sp., Alphaproteobacteria in China.

Abstract
We isolated a novel strain of Alphaproteobacteria from a patient, who had medical history of chronic rhinitis for more than twenty years and recently experienced local skin abscess and ulcer. He eventually died of multiple organ failure due to multi-antibiotics resistance. We identified the microorganism by 16SrRNA sequencing and found that it belonged to the genus Rhodoplanes. It was named as Rhodoplanes sp. strain ZLJ-0. It is resumed that Rhodoplanes sp. strain ZLJ-0 might be an emerging human pathogen involving in unknown febrile conditions and could cause local infection of any tissues or organs. Differential diagnosis of febrile patients should be conducted in clinical practice and research on emerging pathogens of Alphaproteobacteria should be performed to determine the epidemiology, clinical symptoms and pathogenic features of these pathogens.
AuthorsL J Zhang, G Q Wang, H L Yu, J Wang, S W Wang, Y Jia, Y Y Yu, J G Xu
JournalAsian Pacific journal of tropical medicine (Asian Pac J Trop Med) Vol. 4 Issue 3 Pg. 248-50 (Mar 2011) ISSN: 2352-4146 [Electronic] India
PMID21771463 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2011 Hainan Medical College. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Topics
  • Abscess (diagnosis, microbiology, pathology)
  • Bacterial Infections (diagnosis, microbiology, pathology)
  • Bone Marrow (pathology)
  • China
  • Chronic Disease
  • DNA, Bacterial (chemistry, genetics)
  • DNA, Ribosomal (chemistry, genetics)
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Hyphomicrobiaceae (isolation & purification)
  • Male
  • Microscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S (genetics)
  • Rhinitis (complications, diagnosis, microbiology, pathology)
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial (diagnosis, microbiology, pathology)
  • Ulcer (diagnosis, microbiology, pathology)

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