Bacteremia caused by microbacterium binotii in a patient with sickle cell anemia

Abstract

Microbacterium species are non-spore-forming, Gram-positive rods rarely associated with human disease. In this report, we describe the first case of bacteremia caused by Microbacterium binotii in a patient with sickle cell anemia. The utility of using 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis along with phenotypic methods for identification is shown. Copyright © 2014, American Society for Microbiology.