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Isolation of Bordetella trematum from a diabetic leg ulcer
Author(s) -
Daxboeck F.,
Goerzer E.,
Apfalter P.,
Nehr M.,
Krause R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01310.x
Subject(s) - medicine , isolation (microbiology) , pathogen , diabetic foot ulcer , microbiology and biotechnology , diabetic foot , bordetella , organism , antimicrobial , bacteria , diabetes mellitus , immunology , biology , bordetella pertussis , paleontology , genetics , endocrinology
Background The species Bordetella trematum (a Gram‐negative, opportunistic bacterium) was established in 1996. To date, 10 cases of human infection/colonization with the pathogen have been described. Case report The first case of isolation of B. trematum from a diabetic ulcer is reported. Since there are no commercially available kits for identification of the organism, species diagnosis was based on 16S rDNA sequencing. B. trematum disappeared from the ulcer without antimicrobial therapy. Conclusion In the present case, there was no evidence for a causative role of the organism in the diabetic foot infection, which is in agreement with previously published data. However, B. trematum has to be considered when otherwise unclassified Gram‐negative rods are isolated from infected diabetic ulcers.