Actinobaculum schaalii causing urinary tract infections: report of four cases from Argentina

Claudia Barberis; Roxana Cittadini; Marcelo del Castillo; Pablo Acevedo; Cristian Garcia Roig; Maria Soledad Ramirez; Susana Perez; Marisa Almuzara; Carlos Vay

doi:10.3855/jidc.3748

Actinobaculum schaalii causing urinary tract infections: report of four cases from Argentina

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Claudia Barberis Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Roxana Cittadini Sanatorio Mater Dei, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marcelo del Castillo Sanatorio Mater Dei, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pablo Acevedo Sanatorio Mater Dei, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cristian Garcia Roig Sanatorio Mater Dei, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Soledad Ramirez Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Susana Perez Laboratorios IACA. Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Marisa Almuzara Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Carlos Vay Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.3748

Keywords:

Actinobaculum schaalii, urinary infection, uropathogen

Abstract

Actinobaculum schaalii may be a more common urinary tract pathogen than previously described. Here we report four cases of A. schaalii UTIs and we also propose a simple identification scheme to be used in the conventional microbiology laboratory based on standard biochemical tests.

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2014-02-13

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Barberis C, Cittadini R, del Castillo M, Acevedo P, Garcia Roig C, Ramirez MS, Perez S, Almuzara M, Vay C (2014) Actinobaculum schaalii causing urinary tract infections: report of four cases from Argentina. J Infect Dev Ctries 8:240–244. doi: 10.3855/jidc.3748

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Vol. 8 No. 02: February 2014

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Case Reports

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