Abstract
To the Editor: Acetobacter indonesiensis, first described in 2000 (1), belongs to the group of acetic acid bacteria (AAB), which includes the genera Acetobacter, Gluconobacter, Asaia, Granulibacter, and others in the family Acetobacteriaceae. AAB are of great industrial interest for use in vinegar fermentation processes because they oxidize alcohols or sugars incompletely, which leads to acetic acid accumulation (2). AAB are widespread in nature and can be isolated from various sources, including vinegar, alcoholic beverages, tropical fruits, and flowers (1,2). AAB have rarely been associated with human disease. We describe a case of A. indonesiensis bacteremia in a child in Germany.
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We describe a case of A. indonesiensis bacteremia in a child in Germany
By partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, we identified the isolate as A. indonesiensis
Because the patient clinically responded to piperacillin/tazobactam and caspofungin treatment, therapy was continued for 15 days, piperacillin/tazobactam showed no in vitro activity against the A. indonesiensis isolate
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1. Liu Y-Y, Wang Y, Walsh TR, Yi L-X, Zhang R, Spencer J, et al Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: a microbiological and molecular biological study. Colistin resistance gene mcr-1 harboured on a Rebekka Kohlmann, Karin Barenberg, Agnes Anders, Sören G. Because of her advanced neurologic disability, she required extensive nursing care and had several invasive medical devices, including a port catheter
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