https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.11885
Identification of Brucella (Ochrobactrum) anthropi by MALDI-TOF MS from blood: a case report
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This case report describes the identification of Ochrobactrum anthropi (O.a.), from a positive blood culture using MALDI-TOF spectrometry system. According to the information available this is the first case in AORN Sant’Anna and San Sebastiano, Caserta, Campania, Italy. This microbe is moderately pathogenic and hazardous, with the potential to cause hospital-acquired infections. It is recommended that it be included in hospital “germ alerts”.
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Della Rocca, M. T., Merola, F., Durante, A., Panetta, V., Labella, S., Tucci, G., Marino, A., Natale, G., Pardo, F., Sabbato, C., & Greco, R. (2024). Identification of <i>Brucella (Ochrobactrum) anthropi</i> by MALDI-TOF MS from blood: a case report. Microbiologia Medica, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.11885
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