The Brief Case: Misidentification of Brucella melitensis as Ochrobactrum anthropi by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)

J Clin Microbiol. 2018 May 25;56(6):e00914-17. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00914-17. Print 2018 Jun.
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Keywords: Brucella; MALDI-TOF MS; Ochrobactrum; select agent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Brucella melitensis / genetics
  • Brucella melitensis / immunology
  • Brucella melitensis / isolation & purification*
  • Brucellosis / diagnosis*
  • Brucellosis / drug therapy
  • Child
  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Ochrobactrum anthropi / genetics
  • Ochrobactrum anthropi / isolation & purification*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Splenomegaly / diagnostic imaging
  • Travel-Related Illness
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibodies, Bacterial