Isolation of Providencia heimbachae from human feces

Authors
O'Hara, CM Steigerwalt, AG Green, D McDowell, M Hill, BC Brenner, DJ Miller, JM
Citation
Cm. O'Hara et al., Isolation of Providencia heimbachae from human feces, J CLIN MICR, 37(9), 1999, pp. 3048-3050
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
9
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3048 - 3050
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(199909)37:9<3048:IOPHFH>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Providencia heimbachae was first described in 1986. It has been isolated fr om penguin feces and an aborted bovine fetus. To date, there has been no re ported isolation of this organism from human specimens. We now report the i solation of P. heimbachae from the stool of a 23-year-old woman with idiopa thic diarrhea. The identity of the human strain was determined biochemicall y and by DNA relatedness to the type strain of P. heimbachae.