Infections caused by unusual Methylobacterium species

  • J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Sep;49(9):3329-31. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01241-11.
Chih-Cheng Lai  1 ,  Aristine Cheng ,  Wei-Lun Liu ,  Che-Kim Tan ,  Yu-Tsung Huang ,  Kuei-Pin Chung ,  Meng-Rui Lee ,  Po-Ren Hsueh
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Liouying Tainan, Taiwan.
PMID: 21734032 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01241-11
Abstract

We describe six patients with hospital-acquired bacteremia caused by Methylobacterium species, including M. radiotolerans (n = 2), M. thiocyanatum (n = 2), M. aminovorans (n = 1), and M. lusitanum (n = 1), which were confirmed to species level by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Among these patients, five had catheter-related bacteremia and all had favorable outcomes.