Ann Lab Med.  2015 May;35(3):384-386. 10.3343/alm.2015.35.3.384.

Flavobacterium ceti From Blood Samples of a Korean Patient With Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis

• Sung JY
• Kim TS
• Shin S
• Roh EY
• Yoon JH
• Kim EC

• KMID: 2363218
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2015.35.3.384

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Flavobacteriaceae Infections
Flavobacterium/*genetics/isolation & purification
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic/blood/*diagnosis/microbiology
Male
Middle Aged
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
Republic of Korea
Sequence Analysis, DNA
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Colony morphology and microscopic characteristics of Flavobacterium ceti. (A) Orange-colored, non-hemolytic colonies were observed after two days of aerobic culture on a blood agar plate. (B) Gram-negative rods from positive aerobic blood culture smear preparations (Gram stain, ×1,000).

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