Abstract
<i>Varibaculum cambriense</i>Infections in Hong Kong, China, 2006
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We report 4 cases of V. cambriense infection and show that this bacterium is a potential pathogen in skin and soft tissue infections
In 2006, four isolates of grampositive curved bacilli that grew on Columbia agar with 5% horse blood under anaerobic conditions were referred by 2 regional hospitals in Hong Kong to our laboratory for identification
Summary
Infectious Diseases is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without special permission; proper citation, is required. Its natural habitat remains unknown, V. cambriense has been isolated from intrauterine devices and human vagina and abscess specimens (2). In 2006, four isolates of grampositive curved bacilli that grew on Columbia agar with 5% horse blood under anaerobic conditions were referred by 2 regional hospitals in Hong Kong to our laboratory for identification. These isolates originated from the abscess specimens of 4 patients. Culture of tissue obtained grew an unidentified gram-positive bacillus (M397) and a Peptostreptococcus spp. The abscess was drained, and gram staining of pus showed numerous leukocytes and gram-positive cocci and bacilli. Characteristics and test results for 4 isolates of unknown bacteria, Hong Kong, China, 2006*
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