Misidentification of Phocaeicola (Bacteroides) dorei in two patients with bacteremia.
Fernando Cobo, Virginia Pérez-Carrasco, Enrique Rodríguez-Guerrero, Antonio Sampedro, Javier Rodríguez-Granger, José A García-Salcedo, José María Navarro-Marí
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Fernando Cobo: Department of Microbiology and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada, Spain. Electronic address: fernando.cobo.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es.
Virginia Pérez-Carrasco: Department of Microbiology and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada, Spain; GENYO, Pfizer-University of Granada- Junta de Andalucía for Genomics and Oncological Research, Spain.
Enrique Rodríguez-Guerrero: Department of Microbiology and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada, Spain.
Antonio Sampedro: Department of Microbiology and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada, Spain.
Javier Rodríguez-Granger: Department of Microbiology and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada, Spain.
José A García-Salcedo: Department of Microbiology and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada, Spain; GENYO, Pfizer-University of Granada- Junta de Andalucía for Genomics and Oncological Research, Spain.
José María Navarro-Marí: Department of Microbiology and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada, Spain.
Phocaeicola (Bacteroides) dorei is a Gram-negative anaerobic bacillus that is rarely isolated from human specimens. Its accurate identification can be hampered by its close taxonomic relationship with Bacteroides vulgatus. We report on two patients with bacteremia due to P. (B.) dorei, which was initially identified as B. vulgatus by MALDI-TOF MS.
