Gordonia species as emerging causes of continuous-ambulatory-peritoneal-dialysis-related peritonitis identified by 16S rRNA and secA1 gene sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Feb;53(2):671-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02971-14. Epub 2014 Nov 26.

Abstract

We report here four cases of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by three different species of Gordonia. The portal of entry was likely through Tenckhoff catheters. 16S rRNA and secA1 gene sequencing are so far the most reliable methods for the accurate identification of Gordonia species.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycetales Infections / diagnosis*
  • Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases / genetics*
  • Aged
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Female
  • Gordonia Bacterium / chemistry
  • Gordonia Bacterium / genetics
  • Gordonia Bacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peritoneal Dialysis / adverse effects
  • Peritonitis / diagnosis*
  • Peritonitis / microbiology
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics*
  • SEC Translocation Channels
  • SecA Proteins
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • SEC Translocation Channels
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases
  • SecA Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/LM643714
  • GENBANK/LM643715
  • GENBANK/LM643716
  • GENBANK/LM643717
  • GENBANK/LM643718
  • GENBANK/LM643719
  • GENBANK/LM643720
  • GENBANK/LM643721
  • GENBANK/LM643722
  • GENBANK/LM643723