Ann Lab Med.  2016 Nov;36(6):614-616. 10.3343/alm.2016.36.6.614.

A Case of Flavobacterium ceti Meningitis

• Park SK
• Ryoo N

• KMID: 2373604
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2016.36.6.614

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Aged
Aneurysm/surgery
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
Brain Diseases/surgery
Craniotomy/adverse effects
DNA, Bacterial/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
Female
Flavobacteriaceae Infections/etiology/microbiology
Flavobacterium/classification/drug effects/*isolation & purification
Humans
Meningitis/*diagnosis/microbiology
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Phylogeny
Postoperative Complications
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial

Figure

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  Fig. 1 The neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree that is based on 16S rRNA gene sequences of Flavobacterium including F. ceti isolated in this clinical case. F. ceti is compared with 18 similar organisms. Numbers at branch nodes are bootstrap values, and the bar represents 0.5% sequence divergence.

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