Open AccessVentriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection Caused by Actinomyces neuii subsp. neuii
Author(s) -
Richard Watkins,
Kathy Anthony,
Suzanne Schroder,
Gerri S. Hall
Publication year - 2008
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.02141-07
Subject(s) - actinomyces , microbiology and biotechnology , organism , biology , shunt (medical) , bacteria , medicine , genetics , surgery
Actinomyces neuii subsp. neuii is a rare isolate in clinical specimens. The organism was previously designated CDC coryneform group 1 and was renamed in 1994. A case of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by this organism is described.
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