Actinotignum schaalii explained
Actinotignum schaalii is a bacterium first isolated from human blood cultures. Its type strain is CCUG 27420.[1] It is a Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic coccoid rod, considered a human pathogen.[2] [3]
Further reading
- Bank, Steffen, et al. "Actinobaculum schaalii, a common uropathogen in elderly patients, Denmark." Emerging infectious diseases 16.1 (2010): 76.
- Tschudin-Sutter. Sarah. Frei. Reno. Weisser. Maja. Goldenberger. Daniel. Widmer. Andreas F. Actinobaculum schaalii - invasive pathogen or innocent bystander? A retrospective observational study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 11. 1. 2011. 289. 1471-2334. 10.1186/1471-2334-11-289. 22029906. 3252262 . free .
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Notes and References
- Lawson. P. A.. Falsen. E.. Akervall. E.. Vandamme. P.. Collins. M. D.. Characterization of Some Actinomyces-Like Isolates from Human Clinical Specimens: Reclassification of Actinomyces suis (Soltys and Spratling) as Actinobaculum suis comb. nov. and Description of Actinobaculum schaalii sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47. 3. 1997. 899–903. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-47-3-899. 9226926. free.
- Cattoir. Vincent. Actinobaculum schaalii: Review of an emerging uropathogen. Journal of Infection. 64. 3. 2012. 260–267. 0163-4453. 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.12.009. 22209960.
- Reinhard. M.. Prag. J.. Kemp. M.. Andresen. K.. Klemmensen. B.. Hojlyng. N.. Sorensen. S. H.. Christensen. J. J.. Ten Cases of Actinobaculum schaalii Infection: Clinical Relevance, Bacterial Identification, and Antibiotic Susceptibility. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43. 10. 2005. 5305–5308. 0095-1137. 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5305-5308.2005. 16208004. 1248514.
