Isolation of Lautropia mirabilis from sputa of a cystic fibrosis patient

S M Ben Dekhil; M M Peel; V A Lennox; E Stackebrandt; L I Sly

doi:10.1128/jcm.35.4.1024-1026.1997

Isolation of Lautropia mirabilis from sputa of a cystic fibrosis patient

J Clin Microbiol. 1997 Apr;35(4):1024-6. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.1024-1026.1997.

Authors

S M Ben Dekhil¹, M M Peel, V A Lennox, E Stackebrandt, L I Sly

Affiliation

¹ Australian Collection of Microorganisms, Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Abstract

An aggregate-forming coccus, isolated twice as the predominant microorganism in sputa from a cystic fibrosis patient on consecutive days, was shown to belong to the species Lautropia mirabilis on the bases of similarities of 16S rRNA gene sequences and phenotype. These isolates of L. mirabilis appear to be the first reported from a patient with cystic fibrosis and outside of Denmark.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Cystic Fibrosis / microbiology*
Female
Gram-Negative Anaerobic Cocci / isolation & purification*
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Sputum / microbiology*

Associated data

GENBANK/X97652