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      Lawsonella clevelandensis is a rare cause of infected chronic contained rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm

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          Lawsonella clevelandensis is an anaerobic, partially acid-fast, Gram-positive bacillus associated with abscess formation. We present the case of a 70-year-old male with chronic contained rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm (CCR-AAA) complicated by intra-abdominal abscess formation. An abdominal computed tomography scan revealed a rim-enhancing retroperitoneal collection tracking into the subcutaneous layer of the left flank and buttock, suggestive of CCR-AAA with infected haematoma. He underwent ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of the intra-abdominal collection. Conventional culture techniques failed to isolate L. clevelandensis , and the diagnosis was only confirmed by means of 16S rRNA PCR. The patient underwent branched endovascular repair of his aneurysm, and was commenced on treatment with co-amoxiclav, resulting in significant reduction in the size of the infected collection. This is only the second reported case of infection with L. clevelandensis in the UK, and the first reported case of this organism causing infected CCR-AAA.

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          Development of broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for use in the routine diagnostic clinical microbiology service.

          The aim of the present study was to develop a broad-range PCR based on bacterial 16S rDNA for use in the routine diagnostic clinical microbiology service. The optimization and validation of the assay for use on clinical specimens from normally sterile sites is described, and preliminary results are reported on the use of the assay in the clinical diagnosis of bacterial infection in 382 paediatric specimens over a 2-year period. These results are compared to those obtained by standard culture techniques and show increased diagnosis of bacterial infection when both culture and PCR are used together; 16S rDNA PCR provided the sole evidence of pathogenic infection in 71 cases. Key stages in the assay development and potential pitfalls of the technique are highlighted and the improvement the assay offers in the diagnosis of infection in the paediatric setting is discussed.
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            Lawsonella clevelandensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from human abscesses.

            Gram-stain-positive, partially acid-fast, non-spore-forming, anaerobic, catalase-positive, pleomorphic bacteria were isolated from human abscesses. Strains X1036T, X1698 and NML 120705, were recovered from a spinal abscess, a peritoneal abscess and a breast abscess respectively. A phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strains shared 100 % similarity, and the nearest phylogenetic neighbour was Dietzia timorensis DSM 45568T (95%). Chemotaxonomic characteristics of the strains were consistent with those described for members of the suborder Corynebacterineae. Mycolic acids were detected using HPLC and one-dimensional TLC; whole-cell hydrolysates yielded meso-diaminopimelic acid with arabinose and galactose as the predominant sugars; the muramic acid acyl type was acetylated; the major menaquinone was MK-9 (96.3%); polar lipids detected were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and an unknown glycophospholipid. Cellular fatty acids were hexadecanoic acid (C16 : 0), octadecenoic acid (C18 : 1ω9c) and decanoic acid (C10 : 0). Tuberculostearic acid was not detected. Based on the results of this polyphasic study, we conclude that these strains represent a novel genus and species within the suborder Corynebacterineae for which we propose the name Lawsonella clevelandensis gen. nov., sp. nov., with the type strain X1036T (=DSM 45743T=CCUG 66657T).
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              Service evaluation to establish the sensitivity, specificity and additional value of broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis from resected endocardial material in patients from eight UK and Ireland hospitals

              Infective endocarditis (IE) can be diagnosed in the clinical microbiology laboratory by culturing explanted heart valve material. We present a service evaluation that examines the sensitivity and specificity of a broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the detection of the causative microbe in culture-proven and culture-negative cases of IE. A clinical case-note review was performed for 151 patients, from eight UK and Ireland hospitals, whose endocardial specimens were referred to the Microbiology Laboratory at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for broad-range 16S rDNA PCR over a 12-year period. PCR detects the causative microbe in 35/47 cases of culture-proven IE and provides an aetiological agent in 43/69 cases of culture-negative IE. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of the 16S rDNA PCR assay were calculated for this series of selected samples using the clinical diagnosis of IE as the reference standard. The values obtained are as follows: sensitivity = 67 %, specificity = 91 %, PPV = 96 % and NPV = 46 %. A wide range of organisms are detected by PCR, with Streptococcus spp. detected most frequently and a relatively large number of cases of Bartonella spp. and Tropheryma whipplei IE. PCR testing of explanted heart valves is recommended in addition to culture techniques to increase diagnostic yield. The data describing the aetiological agents in a large UK and Ireland series of culture-negative IE will allow future development of the diagnostic algorithm to include real-time PCR assays targeted at specific organisms.
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                Journal
                Access Microbiol
                Access Microbiol
                acmi
                acmi
                Access Microbiology
                Microbiology Society
                2516-8290
                2021
                25 November 2020
                25 November 2020
                : 3
                : 1
                : acmi000183
                Affiliations
                [ 1] Freeman Hospital, Freeman Rd, High Heaton , Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
                [ 2] Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond St., Holborn , London WC1N 3JH, UK
                Author notes
                *Correspondence: Wissam Ahmed, Wissamyahya@ 123456gmail.com
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5854-3452
                Article
                000183
                10.1099/acmi.0.000183
                8115980
                33997614
                16a8989a-4074-4160-a733-970826daf2f1
                © 2021 The Authors

                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The Microbiology Society waived the open access fees for this article

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                : 12 February 2019
                : 09 November 2020
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                16s rrna pcr,abdominal aortic aneurysm,co-amoxiclav,fastidious,gram-positive bacillus,intra-abdominal infection,lawsonella clevelandensis,partially acid fast

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