Open AccessUrinary Tract Infection Caused by a Capnophilic Proteus mirabilis Strain
Author(s) -
Maryse Trapman,
Jakko van Ingen,
Jeroen Keijman,
C.M.A. Swanink
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00491-15
Subject(s) - proteus mirabilis , urine , microbiology and biotechnology , urinary system , proteus , bacteria , carbon dioxide , strain (injury) , biology , anaerobic exercise , proteus infections , physiology , escherichia coli , biochemistry , pseudomonas aeruginosa , ecology , anatomy , gene , genetics
From a urine sample from a patient with a urinary tract infection, a carbon dioxide-dependent Proteus mirabilis strain was isolated. It is important to perform urine cultures in 5% carbon dioxide and an anaerobic atmosphere if bacteria prominent in Gram stains do not grow on routine media in ambient air.
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